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 1999-07-15 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:T-AIMD-99-241 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241 P0b002ee180397070 f:ai99241t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241 T-AIMD-99-241 Y2K Computer software verification and validation Systems conversions Strategic information systems planning Information resources management Federal/state relations Data integrity Public assistance programs State-administered programs HHS Child Support Enforcement Program USDA Homeless Children Nutrition Program HHS Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Medicaid Program Food Stamp Program Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children HHS Temporary Child Care and Crisis Nurseries Program HHS Child Welfare Services Program HHS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program HHS Payment Management System HHS Program Support Center Y2K WIC Testimony AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the year 2000 challenge facing state and local governments, focusing on: (1) the year 2000 readiness of 10 key state-administered federal human services programs; (2) federal activities to assess states' readiness for these 10 programs; and (3) the status of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Payment Management System.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) much work remains at the state level to ensure that major services are not disrupted; (2) at particular risk are several states that do not plan to have their systems that support state-administered federal human services programs year 2000 compliant until the last quarter of this year; (3) federal agencies are working with their state partners to obtain readiness information and evaluate and provide assistance in key activities such as business continuity and contingency planning; (4) nevertheless, some state completion dates are so close to the turn of the century that the risk of disruption to their programs is substantially increased, especially if schedule delays or unexpected problems arise; (5) further, data exchanges for the HHS payment system, critical to making federal payments to states, have not yet been tested; and (6) with less than 6 months to go until the turn of the century, testing of these data exchanges and other essential federal/state exchanges must be completed expeditiously. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241.pdf GAO/T-AIMD-99-241 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-241 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-99-241; Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Federal Efforts to Ensure; Y2K Computer software verification and validation Systems conversions Strategic information systems planning Information resources management Federal/state relations Data integrity Public assistance programs State-administered programs HHS Child Support Enforcement Program USDA Homeless Children Nutrition Program HHS Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Medicaid Program Food Stamp Program Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children HHS Temporary Child Care and Crisis Nurseries Program HHS Child Welfare Services Program HHS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program HHS Payment Management System HHS Program Support Center Y2K WIC