This report presents the current state of the art of government developed Data Element Dictionary/Directory (DED/D) systems. DED/D's are software tools used for managing and controlling information and data. The introduction of the report includes a list of the government agency systems surveyed and a summary matrix presenting each system's general characteristics. A comparative list focusing on the technical characteristics of each system, a narrative description highlighting each system's special characteristics and the agency's experience with it, and scope notes and definitions of the terms referred to in the report are appended. Information presented in this report is intended to serve both the technical and administrative automated data processing community. (Author/JPF)