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ALABAMA - BASIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COURT MANAGEMENT - CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

NCJ Number
39685
Author(s)
D BRUNS; R GOODMAN
Date Published
1976
Length
21 pages
Annotation
REPORT CONTAINS BASICS OF AN AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT WOULD MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER LOCATION OF COURT PROPERTY.
Abstract
IN VIEW OF THE CONSIDERABLE VOLUME OF DATA NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AN ACCOUNTING OF EQUIPMENT, THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF COURT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPED A SCHEME FOR A BASIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WOULD CREATE A MASTER INVENTORY FILE OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IT WOULD ALSO KEEP TRACK OF WHICH ITEMS WERE IN THE INVENTORY, THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THEM, AND THE NUMBER OF ITEMS OF A SIMILAR KIND. THE REPORT INCLUDES OUTPUTS, AND INVENTORY CODES FOR THE SYSTEM, WHICH HAS TWO PROGRAMS IN ANSI COBOL....BS