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 1999-09-24 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:T-AIMD-99-297 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297 P0b002ee18039a2a4 f:ai99297t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297 T-AIMD-99-297 Internal controls Systems conversions Computer software verification and validation Information resources management Computer software Strategic information systems planning Data integrity Y2K Y2K District of Columbia Testimony AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the District of Columbia's efforts to address the year 2000 challenge, focusing on the: (1) District's progress in fixing its systems and the remaining risks it faces; (2) actions it needs to take to mitigate these risks over the next 3 months; and (3) recent experience it needs to capitalize on to strengthen long-term information technology management.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) since February 1999, the District has taken actions to strengthen its year 2000 project management and continuity and contingency planning; (2) as of September 20, the District's Chief Technology Officer reported the status of the District's year 2000 conversion effort for its mission-critical software applications; (3) of a total of 223 mission-critical applications, 130 were tested and determined to be ready for the year 2000; (4) of the remaining 93 mission-critical applications, 70 were reported as undergoing testing and 23 were reported as still being remediated; (5) it should be noted, however, that the status information being reported by the Chief Technology Officer is not consistent with information being reported separately by District agencies; (6) this raises the concern that District managers are not getting accurate enough data on system status on which to base their year 2000-related decisions; (7) District officials told GAO that they are in the process of reconciling these data differences; (8) at this point in time, the District can do little to increase the rate of progress on system remediation and testing; (9) however, the District can improve its chances for success by better using the tools it has at hand; (10) by more aggressively monitoring the status of key projects and ensuring that its status information is accurate, District management can be better-equipped to focus attention on projects running late and redirect resources, if necessary, to ensure that most critical processes are remediated and tested on time; (11) also, viable business continuity plans are important to all organizations--even those who have already completed remediation and testing; (12) they are especially critical to the District because of the real possibility that remediation and testing may not be complete by year's end; (13) the reason the District is so far behind in addressing the year 2000 problem is that it did not have effective management over its information technology assets and projects; (14) as a result, it started very late and will finish late; and (15) by capitalizing on recent year 2000-experience, the District can implement management processes and controls needed to ensure that its technology assets are effectively supporting city operations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297.pdf GAO/T-AIMD-99-297 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-99-297 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-99-297; Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Status of the District of; Internal controls Systems conversions Computer software verification and validation Information resources management Computer software Strategic information systems planning Data integrity Y2K Y2K District of Columbia