The computer users group: the evolution of an effective management tool

Abstract

The Computer Users Group has been officially sanctioned by the Bureau of the Census as a forum for the interchange of information among the working-level programmers at the Bureau. At the biweekly meetings, programmers from over thirty different divisions meet in a relaxed atmosphere with responsible officials from the "provider" divisions in the EDP area. Since 1977, I have served as Chairman of this group. In this paper, I propose to examine the path by which it has reached its current status as an effective tool for both the programmers and the "providers."