---
category: PROMIS Scandal
created: 2024-04-25
summary: Frederick G. Watts was a member of the original 1969 PROMIS design team;
  no further biographical details have been identified.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
updated: 2026-05-01
---

Frederick G. Watts was a member of the original 1969 team assembled to design the [Prosecutor's Management Information System](/programs/promis/), working under co-directors [Joan E. Jacoby](/people/joan-e-jacoby/) and [Charles R. Work](/people/charles-r-work/) with project manager [Bill Hamilton](/people/bill-hamilton/) at [Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co](/organizations/peat-marwick-mitchell-co/). No additional biographical details have been identified.[^1]

[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.