The CCIR considering: (a) that administrations are facing increasingly voluminous and complex tasks in spectrum management due to the increased use of existing telecommunications and new telecommunications technology; (b) that the efficient solution of spectrum management problems requires data storage, data retrieval, and analysis capabilities, and consequently requires effective spectrum management and application of computer methods; (c) that IWP 1/2 has been tasked to develop recommended standards for computer generated national spectrum management data for exchange between administrations, bearing in mind the advantages of compatibility with standards used for the exchange of data between administrations and the IFRB (Decision 27); (d) that IWP 1/2 has developed standards for computer generated national spectrum management data in the Handbook on Spectrum Management and Computer-aided Techniques.