The purpose of the dissertation research is a comprehensive study of the history of such a large project of the Soviet era as the National Automated System for Managing the National Economy of the USSR (OGAS). To achieve this goal, the following tasks were set. First of all, it was necessary to analyze the reasons and prerequisites for the development of the OGAS project, which are understood as factors that testified to the need and possibility of creating an automated economic management system in the USSR. Next, it is necessary to determine the main stages of preparation of design materials for the automated system. Then, consider the factors that hindered the development of the OGAS project. Finally, to identify the main problems that arose during the creation of the OGAS, and to analyze the reasons for the curtailment of the project in the 1980s.