csy2k: Omaha govt computer crashes after remediation, "problem not Y2K related"
[Here's a news article plus some additional info on a remediation problem]
Thu, 09 Dec 1999 04:39:52 comp.software.year-2000 Re: Omaha govt computer crashes after remediation
ralph@ee.net (Ralph Daugherty)
Matt Daly wrote:
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> omaha.com
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> The accounting system used by Douglas County and the City of Omaha was expected
> to be up and working today after crashing Sunday when new Y2K-compliant
> applications were switched from the testing to the production mode.
>
> Mike Carpenter, director of information services, said the problem was not
> related to the Y2K conversion, but to the transfer of programs and data.
> Carpenter had expected the computer system to be working by late Tuesday
> afternoon, but it wasn't.
>
> County Clerk Tom Cavanaugh and County Treasurer Julie Haney, both primary users
> of the system for the county, described the problem as a crisis. They said
> information services did not notify their offices of the problem.
>
> Cavanaugh asked the County Board on Tuesday to place the matter on the agenda
> as an emergency item for discussion.
>
> [...]
Something for both Cory and me. S/390 and AS/400.
zulu.co.douglas.ne.us
Matt, here's the user response to typical IS. Cavanaugh and Haney are the
users, and Carpenter is the dealer:
Cavanaugh's office uses the system to write payroll checks, checks to
vendors and to make payments on bonds and to the Internal Revenue Service.
"We're 24 days from the new year," Cavanaugh said. "This is not a good
sign. There is a deep concern a crisis does exist."
Haney's office uses the system to disburse the taxes that have been
collected for the more than 150 political subdivisions in the county.
"This is a huge deal," Haney said. "Mr. Carpenter made this sound like a
minor glitch. This is no minor glitch."
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[follow-up post]
Cory, it's a S/390 COBOL system. Also everybody, I've included what their
Y2K manager has to say. Sound familiar?
zulu.co.douglas.ne.us
... LGFS financial system for the city.
The financial application is being worked on by the software vendor,
American Management Systems and Douglas County Information Services staff
is testing. This effort should be finished in August, 1999.
We continue to test the Financial Accounting System used by Douglas County
and the City of Omaha. We are working with the vendor, American Management
Systems, to make it compliant. |
