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 1998-09-01 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:T-AIMD-98-276 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276 P0b002ee18037eb72 f:ai98276t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-05-04 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276 T-AIMD-98-276 Computer software Embedded computer systems Computer software verification and validation Systems conversions Information resources management Strategic information systems planning Systems compatibility Federal/state relations Data integrity Y2K FAA Year 2000 Program OMB Year 2000 Program SSA Year 2000 Program Food Stamp Program WIC Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children Testimony AIMD GAO discussed the year 2000 risks facing the nation, focusing on: (1) GAO's major concerns with the federal government's progress in correcting its systems; (2) state and local government year 2000 issues; and (3) critical year 2000 data exchange issues.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the public faces a high risk that critical services provided by the government and the private sector could be severely disrupted by the year 2000 computing crisis; (2) the year 2000 could cause problems for the many facilities used by the federal government that were built or renovated within the last 20 years and contain embedded computer systems to control, monitor, or assist in operations; (3) overall, the government's 24 major departments and agencies are making slow progress in fixing their systems; (4) in May 1997, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reported that about 21 percent of the mission-critical systems for these departments and agencies were year 2000 compliant; (5) in May 1998, these departments reported that 40 percent of the mission-critical systems were year 2000 compliant; (6) unless progress improves dramatically, a substantial number of mission-critical systems will not be compliant in time; (7) in addition to slow governmentwide progress in fixing systems, GAO's reviews of federal agency year 2000 programs have found uneven progress; (8) some agencies are significantly behind schedule and are at high risk that they will not fix their systems in time; (9) other agencies have made progress, although risks continue and a great deal of work remains; (10) governmentwide priorities in fixing systems have not yet been established; (11) these governmentwide priorities need to be based on such criteria as the potential for adverse health and safety effects, adverse financial effects on American citizens, detrimental effects on national security, and adverse economic consequences; (12) business continuity and contingency planning across the government has been inadequate; (13) in their May 1998 quarterly reports to OMB, only four agencies reported that they had drafted contingency plans for their core business processes; (14) OMB's assessment of the status of federal year 2000 progress is predominantly based on agency reports that have not been consistently reviewed or verified; (15) GAO found cases in which agencies' systems compliance status as reported to OMB had been inaccurate; (16) end-to-end testing responsibilities have not yet been defined; (17) state and local governments also face a major risk of year 2000-induced failures to the many vital services that they provide; (18) recent surveys of state year 2000 efforts have indicated that much remains to be completed; and (19) at the time of GAO's review, much work remained to ensure that federal and state data exchanges will be year 2000 compliant. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276.pdf GAO/T-AIMD-98-276 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-98-276 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-98-276; Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Strong Leadership and Effective Partnerships Needed to Mitigate Risks; Computer software Embedded computer systems Computer software verification and validation Systems conversions Information resources management Strategic information systems planning Systems compatibility Federal/state relations Data integrity Y2K FAA Year 2000 Program OMB Year 2000 Program SSA Year 2000 Program Food Stamp Program WIC Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children