United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-09-26 monographic deposited born digital 31 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-97-149 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149 P0b002ee18037be6c f:ai97149 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149 AIMD-97-149 Computer software verification and validation Strategic information systems planning Military inventories Management information systems Computer software Systems conversions Logistics Inventory control systems Human resources utilization Army Commodity Command Standard System Army Continuing Balance System-Expanded Army Materiel Command Year 2000 Action Plan Software Capability Maturity Model DOD Year 2000 Management Plan Letter Report AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the status of the Logistics Systems Support Command's (LSSC) efforts to correct Commodity Command Standard System (CCSS) Year 2000 systems problems; and (2) the appropriateness of LSSC's strategy and actions for ensuring that CCSS Year 2000 issues will be successfully addressed.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Year 2000 problem is one of the most comprehensive and complex information management projects ever faced by LSSC; (2) if not successfully completed, the procurement of weapon systems and their spare parts, accounting for the sales of Army equipment and services to allies, and the financial management of $9 billion of inventory could be disrupted; (3) as a result, it could be extremely difficult to efficiently and effectively equip and sustain the Army's forces around the world; (4) LSSC has completed several actions to address the CCSS Year 2000 problem; (5) a Year 2000 project manager and management staff have been designated, a project manager charter and schedule were developed, and supplementary contractor support was acquired to assist with assessment tasks; (6) regularly scheduled quarterly meetings are held by the Army Materiel Command (AMC) headquarters to report LSSC Year 2000 status; (7) these steps are compatible with the Department of Defense's (DOD) suggested approach and consistent with those found in GAO's five-phased approach for planning, managing, and evaluating Year 2000 projects; (8) although LSSC commenced its Year 2000 project over a year ago, there are several issues facing LSSC that, if not completely addressed, may result in the failure of CCSS to successfully operate at the year 2000; (9) LSSC has yet to completely address: (a) competing workload priorities and staffing issues; (b) the appropriate mix and scheduling of needed testing data and expertise as well as the development of test plans; (c) the scope and substance of written interface agreements with system interface partners to ensure that CCSS subsystems will be capable of exchanging data at the year 2000; and (d) contingency plan development to help assure that Army missions will be accomplished if CCSS is not fully available to users by the year 2000; (10) LSSC's risk of failure is increased because the agency has not attained the level of software development and maintenance maturity that would provide the foundation needed for successful management of large-scale projects such as the Year 2000 initiative; and (11) because CCSS is used to support military readiness, these critical elements must be resolved and aggressively pursued to enable LSSC to achieve a Year 2000 compliant environment prior to the year 2000. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149.pdf GAO/AIMD-97-149 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-97-149 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-97-149; Defense Computers: LSSC Needs to Confront Significant Year 2000 Issues; Computer software verification and validation Strategic information systems planning Military inventories Management information systems Computer software Systems conversions Logistics Inventory control systems Human resources utilization Army Commodity Command Standard System Army Continuing Balance System-Expanded Army Materiel Command Year 2000 Action Plan Software Capability Maturity Model DOD Year 2000 Management Plan