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Peer reviewedKadec, Sarah T. – Government Information Quarterly, 1989
Provides an overview of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its publication distribution programs. Topics discussed include information collection, vehicles for dissemination, the application of information technologies, and primary users. The relationship of the EPA to the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Technical…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Federal Government, Government Publications
Download full textNaden, Dave – 1989
This feasibility study of the computer system of the Department of Education's Office of Impact Aid (OIA) was conducted to (1) assess the capabilities, as well as the drawbacks, of the current system and the other components of OIA's data processing activities; and (2) explore alternative computer systems, based on available technology and current…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Management Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1981
A general introduction to computer based national information systems, and the context and basis for future studies are provided in this report. Chapter One, the introduction, summarizes computers and information systems and their relation to society, the structure of information policy issues, and public policy issues. Chapter Two describes the…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Science, Computers, Data Processing
Michelson, Avra – 1991
This report introduces archivists to the potential of expert systems for improving archives administration and alerts them to ways in which they can expect intelligent technologies to impact federal record-keeping systems and scholarly research methods. The report introduces the topic by describing expert systems used in three Fortune 500…
Descriptors: Archives, Business, Data Processing, Expert Systems
Zody, Richard E.; Enlow, Ronald E. – 1976
In a given urban area it is common that different public agencies and offices attempt to gather diverse data with no mutual coordination or awareness of each others' activities. This picture of varied and uncoordinated data needs reflects a lack of established information relationships and the need for an urban information system. In this study an…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Cooperation, City Government, Community Coordination
Kimbrough, Kenneth L. – 1982
This exploratory investigation of the process of defining the information needs of computer users and the impact of that process on information retrieval focuses on communication problems. Six sites were visited that used computers to process data or to provide information, including the California Department of Transportation, the California…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Data Processing, Databases
