LINKS: Know Your GAO General Accounting Office -- Reports and Testimony ( Y2K )

Most of us are trying to locate current issue Y2K reports digitally published by our government. A key source is the United States GAO General Accounting Office.

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[Problem is, they seem rather slow in getting those reports online].

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The Year 2000 Computing Crisis

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Enjoy!

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), February 26, 1999

Answers

Currently, Im keeping watch for the following Y2K related reports.

Knowing the correct report code is useful for search strategies (covered soon).

The report(s) listed below will be available SOON #$@%&$*!!!! both electronically and in print.

February 26, 1999

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness Status of the Department of Health and Human Services, by Joel C. Willemssen, Director of Civil Agencies Information Systems Issues, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO/T-AIMD-99-92, Feb. 26

February 25, 1999

Defense Information Management: Continuing Implementation Challenges Highlight the Need for Improvement, by Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director of Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, before the Subcommittee on Military Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO/T-AIMD-99-93, Feb. 25.

February 24, 1999

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Medicare and the Delivery of Health Services Are at Risk, by Joel C. Willemssen, Director of Civil Agencies Information Systems Issues, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-AIMD-99-89, Feb. 24.

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Update on the Readiness of the Social Security Administration, by Joel C. Willemssen, Director of Civil Agencies Information Systems Issues, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-AIMD-99-90, Feb. 24.

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness of State Automated Systems That Support Federal Human Services Programs, by Joel C. Willemssen, Director of Civil Agencies Information Systems Issues, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-AIMD-99-91, Feb. 24.

IRS' Year 2000 Efforts: Status and Remaining Challenges, by James R. White, Director of Tax Policy and Administration Issues, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-GGD-99-35, Feb. 24.

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Customs Is Effectively Managing Its Year 2000 Program, by Randolph C. Hite, Associate Director for Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems Issues, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO/T-AIMD-99-85, Feb. 24.

February 23, 1999

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Challenges Still Facing the U.S. Postal Service, by Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director of Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems Issues, before subcommittees of the House Committee on Science. GAO/T-AIMD-99-86, Feb. 23.

February 26, 1999

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: The District of Columbia Remains Behind Schedule, by Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director of Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems Issues, before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, House Committee on Government Reform. GAO/T- AIMD-99-84, Feb. 19.

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), February 26, 1999.

Uh, Ooops ... make that last one ...

February 19, 1999

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), February 26, 1999.

Giving away some of your secrets, huh Diane? LOL.

I may have missed it - can you tell me if that 161 page Senate report that was due out mid-week has been released, or do we still have just the Washington Post story? So many threads, so little time.

p.s. nice formatting. :)

-- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@net.com), February 26, 1999.

Just want more watchers, watching the one's that watch us, Rob!

So far, that report's NOT out yet.

Bummer.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), February 27, 1999.