The complaint

Ms. Edgerton was engaged as a consultant by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council of the City of New York in December 1976, on a per diem basis, which employment was approved by the Office of the Mayor in January 1977. (Exhs. 1 and 3). Her duties as Senior Information Scientist included the review, evaluation, feasibility analysis and development of computer programs and associated plans, including liaison activities with the police department and the Criminal Justice Steering Committee (Exh. 2), each of which groups were utilizing or planned to utilize computer facilities available to the city for programs in operation or contemplated. SPRINT, an on-line police emergency dispatch system was in operation. PROMIS, a second on-line system, was in development for use by district attorneys throughout the New York City to aid in the prosecution of current litigation. The latter program was the responsibility of the Criminal Justice Steering Committee, the project chairman of which was Robert M. Morgen-theau and whose project director was Sarwar A. Kashmeri, Ms. Edgerton´s immediate supervisor. (Exhs. 1, 9).