The potential of electronic data processing in municipal government.

Expert InsightsPublished 1960

An examination of the major characteristics of electronic data processing (EDP) equipment and of the use of computers in solving municipal problems. Almost all municipal activities using information can be described in terms of input, processing, storage, and output. The concept that EDP is too costly for small cities will be obsolete by 1980, and the author thus argues that we should analyze our decisionmaking processes and design municipal information systems to take full advantage of the capability our technology will provide.

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