This paper describes in detail the design and operation of the program budgeting and accounting system developed for use at the Wisconsin Center for Cognitive Learning (CCL), an educational research and development center based at the University of Wisconsin/Madison. The CCL system uses a computer to generate a variety of budget data and accounting reports, while attempting to minimize the constraints imposed on program personnel by data reporting requirements. The author discusses the organizational structure of the CCL and describes how the computerized management information system interfaces with the center's programmatic staffing structure. (JG)