July 18, 1991

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         1.   Computer Security: Governmentwide Planning Process Had
              Limited Impact, GAO/IMTEC-90-48, May 1990.  Assesses the
              governmentwide computer security planning process and extent
              to which security plans were implemented for 22 systems at
              10 civilian agencies.  (This report is named REPORT1 and
              is 55,062 bytes or 1,190 lines long.)

         2.   Drug-Exposed Infants: A Generation at Risk, GAO/HRD-90-138,
              June 1990.  Discusses health effects and medical costs of
              infants born to mothers using drugs, impact on the nation's
              health and welfare systems, and availability of drug-
              treatment and prenatal care to drug-addicted pregnant women.
              (This report is named REPORT2 and is 113,916 bytes or 2,421
              lines long.)

         3.   High-Definition Television: Applications for This New
              Technology, GAO/IMTEC-90-9FS, December 1989.  Provides
              information on 14 HDTV applications and the key industry
              officials' views on the effect of an HDTV production
              standard on potential applications.  (This report is named
              REPORT3 and is 31,947 bytes or 643 lines long.)

         4.   Home Visiting: A Promising Early Intervention Strategy for
              At-Risk Families, GAO/HRD-90-83, July 1990.  Discusses home
              visiting as an early intervention strategy to provide
              health, social, educational, and other services to improve
              maternal and child health and well-being.
              (This report is named REPORT4 and is 287,547 bytes or 5,711
              lines long.)

         5.   Meeting the Government's Technology Challenge: Results of a
              GAO Symposium, GAO/IMTEC-90-23, February 1990.  Outlines
              five principles for effective management of information
              technology that can provide a framework for integrating
              information technology into the business of government.
              (This report is named REPORT5 and is 39,017 bytes or 777
              lines long.)

         6.   Strategic Defense System: Stable Design and Adequate Testing
              Must Precede Decision to Deploy, GAO/IMTEC-90-61, July 1990.
              Discusses why the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
              will not be able to support currently scheduled full-scale
              development or deployment decisions on any part of Phase I
              of the Strategic Defense System.  (This report is named
              REPORT6 and is 104,521 bytes or 1,847 lines long.)


         7.   Training Strategies:  Preparing Noncollege Youth for
              Employment in the U.S. and Foreign Countries, GAO/HRD-90-88,
              May 1990.  Discusses (1) weaknesses in the U.S. education
              and training system for preparing noncollege youth for
              employment and (2) foreign strategies that appear relevant
              to U.S. shortcomings.  (This report is named REPORT7 and is
              190,323 bytes or 3,951 lines long.

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         Thank you for your time.


         Sincerely,

         Jack L. Brock, Jr.
         Director,
         Government Information and Financial
           Management Issues
         Information Management and Technology Division



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