Improvements Needed in Managing Automated Decisionmaking by Computers Throughout the Federal Government

Citation
General Accounting Office, Improvements Needed in Managing Automated Decisionmaking by Computers Throughout the Federal Government (FGMSD-76-5) (Apr. 23, 1976) (full-text).

Overview
Computers in Federal departments and agencies annually issue unreviewed payments and other actions involving billions of dollars in Government assets. These actions are often wrong. They can cost the Government huge sums of money; exactly how much no one knows.

This report describes the ways computers issue unreviewed actions and the causes for incorrect actions. It suggests remedies to correct the situation government-wide.