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 1998-10-22 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:AIMD/GGD-99-14 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14 P0b002ee1803977d3 f:a299014 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14 AIMD/GGD-99-14 Computer software verification and validation Information resources management Systems conversions Strategic information systems planning Federal employees Personnel management Human resources utilization Interagency relations Data integrity Y2K Letter Report AIMD GGD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed workforce issues associated with the year 2000 computing crisis, focusing on: (1) the nature and extent of year 2000 personnel issues being reported by federal agencies; and (2) what is being done by the government to address reported federal personnel shortages related to the year 2000 problem.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) about half of the 24 large agencies and a quarter of the 41 small agencies and independent entities reporting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expressed concerns that the personnel needed to resolve the year 2000 problem would not be available; (2) generally, these concerns fall into the categories of difficulty in finding and keeping qualified government personnel, and difficulty in obtaining contractors; (3) while a significant number of agencies are raising these concerns, their comments are largely anecdotal and a comprehensive analytical assessment of the issue has not yet been made; (4) as a result, the full extent and severity of the year 2000 workforce issue across the government is not known; (5) the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council, and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have various initiatives underway to address reported year 2000 personnel issues; (6) for example, OPM has recently developed additional human resources management aids to assist agencies in dealing with year 2000 workforce issues; (7) while such initiatives have provided agencies with important options to help address reported year 2000 personnel problems, it is not yet clear that recent actions have enabled agencies to successfully resolve all perceived personnel issues; (8) accordingly, it is essential that OMB, as part of its monitoring responsibilities for the government's year 2000 program, continue to solicit from agencies whether they have any remaining year 2000 personnel problems and to help provide specific assistance to individual agencies; and (9) moreover, OMB should work with the CIO Council to expedite evaluations of the full extent and scope of information technology personnel issues to help formulate effective solutions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14.pdf GAO/AIMD/GGD-99-14 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-GGD-99-14 Letter Report GAO/AIMD/GGD-99-14; Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Status of Efforts To Deal With Personnel Issues; Computer software verification and validation Information resources management Systems conversions Strategic information systems planning Federal employees Personnel management Human resources utilization Interagency relations Data integrity Y2K