Atlas Autocode (AA) was a programming language developed around 1965 at Manchester University for the Atlas Computer.

Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe

ICT management and Atlas project management

One Planet, Many People Atlas of Our Changing Environment

Significant human resource capacity was decentralized to better serve clients. A new management team was hired in mid 2004. The implementation of the Atlas system was initiated with some difficulties, which are being addressed through the Atlas stabilization and optimization project.

The function is available to draw ageing reports on Atlas.

Atlas partner agencies are currently analysing and discussing the report.

These units have sizeable business recorded in the Atlas system.

WP activity 10 Evaluate guidelines to update the world atlas in consultation and

A comprehensive framework incorporating Atlas related controls has not been developed.

An independent expert undertook a thorough review of the internal controls for Atlas.

In paragraph 177, the Board recommended that staff training on Atlas be enhanced.

The changes to Atlas have been communicated through the UNOPS Intranet to all staff.

Although UNOPS investment in Atlas is expected to increase by 50 per cent in 2005 as compared to 2003, its ability to take full advantage of Atlas has been limited.

These tables, the Bayley Pinneau tables, are included as an appendix in the Greulich and Pyle atlas.

All the above mentioned preliminaries strengthen the importance of a project to update the World Atlas of Desertification.

At the country office level, Atlas also provides the functionality to monitor the closing of operationally closed projects.

UNOPS has implemented an Atlas training module on its Intranet.

The 2005 allocation does not include provision for the cost of the Atlas wave 2 implementation.

Comment by the Administration. The tracking of outstanding closure of operationally closed projects using the Atlas functionality and reporting tools will continue.

Since July 2004, all enhancements to the Atlas system have been managed in accordance with its change management framework.

Since July 2004, all enhancements to the Atlas system have been managed in accordance with the Atlas change management framework.

Dedicated training on Atlas has been incorporated into every training programme organized for targeted staff.

Comment by the Administration. UNDP intends to employ the findings of the independent review being conducted of the internal controls in the Atlas system to implement the recommendation.

Comment by the Administration. An external service provider is conducting an independent review of the internal controls for Atlas.

The Board notes that UNOPS has not developed a comprehensive internal control framework that covers all modules of Atlas.

Comment by the Administration. A log of both the quantitative and qualitative benefits derived from the implementation of the Atlas system has been implemented and is being maintained.

Based on the defined roles in the Atlas system, authorized end users have access to public queries for execution.

This includes employing the Atlas system as a performance management system, linking resources to results and costing of outputs and results.

Comment by the Administration. This feature will be made available in the second wave of enhancement of the Atlas system subject to a final cost evaluation.

In 2005, the UNFPA Audit Services Branch carried out an audit of the data transfer from IMIS to Atlas.

UNOPS agrees that overriding commitment control in Atlas is not satisfactory and that it could be minimized by better project planning, quicker year end closing of project accounts and more prompt allocation of cash receipts in Atlas.

In the Chinese World Atlas published under Mao Zedong in 1960, the Senkaku Islands were treated as part of Okinawa.

Atlas Blue is owned by Royal Air Maroc (99.99 ) and private investors (0.01 ), and has 167 employees.

Authorizes extrabudgetary expenditures of 8.9 million to implement the Enterprise Resource Planning (Atlas) project

Comment by the Administration. The Brazil office moved its human resources data into Atlas as from January 2005.

In Atlas, project budgets are set to the available amount of cash, and expenditures cannot exceed that amount.

However, these query scripts were only used to interrogate the accounts payable and purchase order modules.

The publication, One Planet, Many People Atlas of Our Changing Environment was released on 3 June 2005 to mark World Environment Day.

By September 2006, a DVD providing an overview of Atlas functions will be issued to all country offices.

Comment by the Administration. The commitments control module and the requirement for expenditures to pass budget checking in the Atlas system have been effectively preventing pre financing.

The finance division reviews all submissions to ensure that all documents have been provided before it approves the budget in Atlas.

Both languages have been designated as endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger since its launch in February 2009.

Comment by the Administration. An independent company commissioned by the Office of Audit and Performance Review has been reviewing controls and risks following the implementation of Atlas.

A gap analysis is envisaged to assess the flexibility of the Atlas budgeting module to accommodate budgeting for results.