A JVM prepared STATUS REPORT on the Function, Hardware Manufacture, Customer Support, WLC Internal Support, R/D in Scanner Technology, and Staffing, Facilities, Budget, and Capital Investments, and including an analysis of the 1977 STRATEGIC PROGRAM for the Iowa City Engineering Department. Includes a cost-comparison summary between the W-301 and W-201 OMR Scanners, an OVERVIEW of WLC's OMR products versus IBM and NCS. The Archival DVD Folder 1977_03_29_MRC ENGINEERING contains 22 JPEG-Image files, and an MS Word file: 1977_03_29_MRC Engineering Report_ORG.doc. Finally, a summary of the 5-year 1978-82 Strategic Goals in Hardware Technology, and a Reprint from the 1974 AUERBACH Input/Output Reports, describing the WLC W2300 Optical Mark Reading System. Original Spiral-Bound Copy. The Archival DVD Folder named 1977_03_29_MRC ENGINEERING contains a virtually complete JPEG-Image scan (19 Files) of the contents of this Report. All text pages, and several charts, and sample OMR/Ballot Sheets