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 1999-05-12 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:T-AIMD-99-179 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179 P0b002ee18037e687 f:ai99179t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179 T-AIMD-99-179 Y2K Computer software verification and validation Systems conversions Strategic information systems planning Information resources management Unemployment compensation programs Information systems State-administered programs Data integrity Computer software Y2K Unemployment Insurance Program DOL Year 2000 Program Testimony AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Labor's progress in making its 61 mission-critical systems year 2000 compliant, focusing on: (1) the systems operated by states to administer unemployment benefits payments for Labor's Unemployment Insurance Service (UIS); and (2) an assessment of the risks faced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). GAO noted that: (1) Labor has taken action to prepare its 61 mission-critical systems for the change of century; (2) however, with a little more than 7 months left, Labor remains at risk of systems disruptions in two of the areas GAO highlighted last fall: making benefits payments to laid-off workers, and producing labor and economic statistics; (3) the risk in making benefits payment systems compliant emanates from Labor's reliance on largely unverified progress reports from states and on states' capabilities to get the job done; (4) several State Employment Agencies report that they are not yet compliant; (5) further, the department acknowledges that 4 of the 23 mission-critical systems used by BLS contain a non-year 2000-compliant vendor product; and (6) given these risks, it is important that appropriate contingency plans be developed to ensure business continuity in the event of system failures. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179.pdf GAO/T-AIMD-99-179 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-179 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-99-179; Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Labor Has Progressed But; Y2K Computer software verification and validation Systems conversions Strategic information systems planning Information resources management Unemployment compensation programs Information systems State-administered programs Data integrity Computer software Y2K Unemployment Insurance Program DOL Year 2000 Program