Title Elements of systems modernization for the Social Security Administration : a report / prepared by the Committee on Review of the SSA's Systems Modernization Plan (SMP) and Agency Strategic Plan (ASP), Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 100 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Project supported by the Social Security Administration; contract no. 600-88-0163.
	Committee chairman: Willis H. Ware.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	""ELEMENTS OF SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""A Vision for the SSA""; ""Service""; ""Organization""; ""SSA's Work Force""; ""Technology""; ""Automation at the Program Service Centers""; ""Automation Directions for SSI""; ""Toward Advanced Application Specifications""; ""REFERENCE""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""SSA's PAST PERFORMANCE""; ""EVALUATION OF SSA'S SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW APPROACH""; ""REFERENCE""; ""2 PROMULGATING A VISION""
	""A VISION FOR THE 1990S AND BEYOND""""TECHNOLOGY VISION AND INNOVATIVE TRANSITION""; ""ARCHITECTURES AND PLANNED TRANSITION TO NEW SYSTEMS""; ""IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW SYSTEM""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 SERVING THE PUBLIC""; ""SERVICE OBJECTIVES, METRICS, AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING""; ""Managing Services to the Public""; ""Closed-Loop Management System""; ""Setting Service-Level Targets""; ""Measuring Service Levels""; ""Managing to Achieve Service-Level Objectives""; ""Acquiring New Management Tools""; ""Modifying Service-Level Targets""; ""Public Support for Service Levels""
	""Improving Service Through Automation""""REFERENCE""; ""4 STRUCTURING THE ORGANIZATION""; ""TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES""; ""RELATING STRUCTURE TO GOALS AND FUNCTIONS""; ""IMPACT OF PRESENT OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE""; ""TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS""; ""Management Policy Issues""; ""Resource Allocation Issues""; ""Technical Management Issues""; ""Software Quality Assurance""; ""Technical Design""; ""Configuration Management and Change Distribution""; ""Systems Integration Management""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 DEVELOPING THE WORK FORCE""; ""FORCES OF CHANGE""
	""EFFECTS OF AUTOMATION""""Productivity""; ""Technical Workers""; ""The Workplace""; ""COMPOSITION OF THE TECHNICAL WORK FORCE""; ""EDUCATING AND TRAINING THE WORK FORCE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCE""; ""6 MANAGING TECHNOLOGY""; ""AUTOMATION AT THE PROGRAM SERVICE CENTERS""; ""Rolldown Strategy""; ""MANAGING BACKUP AND RECOVERY""; ""Interim Data Capture Measures""; ""Backup and Recovery Teams""; ""AUTOMATION DIRECTIONS FOR SSI""; ""TOWARD ADVANCED APPLICATION SPECIFICATIONS""; ""Data Streams and Partitions""; ""Organization Considerations""; ""TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES FOR SSA""
	""Hardware and Storage""""Imaging""; ""Software""; ""Telecommunications""; ""Security""; ""REFERENCE""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A WORK STATEMENT PHASE II""; ""All Functions vs. Critical Functions""; ""Database Integrity""; ""Strategic Goals for Disaster Recovery""; ""Alternatives""; ""Planning Approach""; ""Summary Recommendation""; ""APPENDIX C LIST OF PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVIEW OF SSA's SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION PLAN (SMP)â€?""; ""APPENDIX D SSA's MAJOR SERVICES""; ""Issuing Social Security Numbers""; ""Replacing SSN Cards and Updating Information""
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Subject	United States. Social Security Administration -- Data processing.
	United States. Social Security Administration.
	United States. Social Security Administration -- Planning.
	Planning.
	United States. Social Security Administration.
	Computer system conversion.
	Computer system conversion.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Ware, Willis H.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Review of the SSA's System Modernization Plan (SMP) and Agency Strategic Plan (ASP)
	National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Telecommunications Board.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications.
Other Form:	Print version: Elements of systems modernization for the Social Security Administration. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991 (OCoLC)23162990
ISBN	0309581958 (electronic book)
	9780309581950 (electronic book)

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