---
category: PROMIS Scandal
created: 2024-04-25
summary: Robert Whitaker was a member of the original 1969 PROMIS design team who
  appears to have been an executive officer within the DC Department of Corrections
  in 1969-1970; further identification is complicated by the commonality of the name.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
updated: 2026-05-01
---

Robert Whitaker 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/). Contemporary government records indicate that a Robert Whitaker served as Executive Officer of the DC Department of Corrections in 1969 and Executive Assistant to the Director of Corrections in 1970, and represented the Metropolitan Police Department's interests in on-line records management systems -- a role consistent with participation on the PROMIS design team. Definitive identification of this individual in later records is complicated by the commonality of the name.[^1]

[^1]: *Crime in the National Capital.* U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969; *District of Columbia Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1970.* U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970.