Internal controls over computer-processed financial data at Boeing Petroleum Services

Technical Report · Fri Feb 14 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5677608

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is responsible for purchasing and storing crude oil to mitigate the potential adverse impact of any future disruptions in crude oil imports. Boeing Petroleum Services, Inc. (BPS) operates the SPR under a US Department of Energy (DOE) management and operating contract. BPS receives support for various information systems and other information processing needs from a mainframe computer center. The objective of the audit was to determine if the internal controls implemented by BPS for computer systems were adequate to assure processing reliability.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Inspector General, Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Eastern Regional Audit Office
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5677608
• Report Number(s): ER-BC-92-01; ON: TI92008971
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
022000* -- Petroleum-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
294000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Fossil Fuels
AUDITS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTRACTORS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA
EVALUATION
FINANCIAL DATA
INFORMATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
RESERVES
RESOURCES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
US DOE
US DOE INSPECTOR GENERAL
US ORGANIZATIONS