NCJ Number
80565
Date Published
1979
Length
66 pages
Annotation
This third of three volumes describing the workings and application of the privacy and security cost model provides instructions on how to compile and load the various programs and subroutines of the automated cost model.
Abstract
State agencies responsible for implementing Department of Justice regulations for privacy and security in criminal history record information have expressed the need for cost data and principles to justify budget requests and to support proposals for the additional State legislation often required. In this volume, detailed descriptions of the cost model programs are furnished. In addition, instructions are provided on how to execute the software, including descriptions of the various types of entries that users can make from the cost analysis form and related schedules described in Volume 1. Another section describes the two types of output reports that can be generated by the automated model and how the data on those reports can be used. This provides users with a basis upon which to make modifications to the computer programs. Also presented are an overview of the development and testing of the manual and automated versions of the cost model, observations of the study team regarding privacy and security costs at State and local levels, and comments on the field test and the independent evaluation of the model. Appendixes provide field test results and a copy of the evaluation. For Volume 1 the user's guide, see NCJ 80563. For Volume 2, the automation supplement to the user's guide, see NCJ 80564. (Author summary modified)