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 1999-08-27 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-99-265 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265 P0b002ee1803756aa f:ai99265 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265 AIMD-99-265 Information systems Strategic information systems planning Small business assistance Systems compatibility Computer software verification and validation Information resources management Y2K Y2K SBA Year 2000 Program Letter Report AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Small Business Administration's (SBA) year 2000 program, focusing on: (1) whether SBA has completed repair and replacement work for its mission-critical systems; and (2) the extent to which data exchanges with outside entities have been addressed.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) SBA completed systems renovations and unit testing for its 42 mission-critical systems, and implemented the renovated systems by the Office of Management and Budget's October 1, 1998, deadline; (2) since then, SBA performed integration testing and system acceptance testing to ensure the renovated mission-critical systems will operate correctly after the turn of the century--those tests were completed at the end of May 1999; (3) despite these efforts, however, weaknesses in SBA's year 2000 testing increase the risk that its mission-critical systems are not yet year 2000 ready; (4) SBA's integration tests are incomplete because key business processes were not specifically tested, and tests were not tracked to verify that all key business processes were actually tested; (5) system acceptance tests are incomplete because users did not review test plans, guidance procedures, or data, or participate in the tests; (6) testing of SBA's mission-critical systems has not been independently validated, and these systems have not been certified as being year 2000 ready; (7) SBA has been addressing the year 2000 problem for its external data exchanges; (8) it has reported testing or reaching agreements with 38 of its 58 external data exchange partners, including its largest, which accounts for about 90 percent of SBA's external data exchange activity; (9) SBA is continuing to pursue testing or agreements with its remaining partners; (10) in addition, SBA's approach to end-to-end testing is not adequate because it: (a) does not ensure that software supporting key business areas or functions has been tested; and (b) leaves many potential issues, such as interoperability of internal and external systems, untested; and (11) because of these testing weaknesses, SBA lacks reasonable assurance that its systems will function correctly and adequately support its key business areas and functions beyond 1999. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265.pdf GAO/AIMD-99-265 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-99-265 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-99-265; Year 2000 Computing Challenge: SBA Needs to Strengthen; Information systems Strategic information systems planning Small business assistance Systems compatibility Computer software verification and validation Information resources management Y2K Y2K SBA Year 2000 Program