Defense Special Weapons Agency admits to falsifying preparedness information
Noticed this on comp.software.year2000.
Sanger's Review of Y2K News Reports
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Pentagon Exaggerated Y2K Readiness (M.J. Zuckerman, USA Today)
The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA), "responsible for safety and
security of U.S. nuclear stockpiles and emergency response in a nuclear
incident," admits to falsifying preparedness information. DSWA originally
claimed that three of its five mission-critical systems were compliant. But
according to a recent Defense Department Inspector General's Report, DSWA
made this claim without doing any testing of the three systems. Now DSWA is
admitting as much: "We recognize and agree with the findings of the
Inspector General's report," says Capt. Allan Toole. The agency also failed
to develop any contingency plans (this article doesn't make clear whether
the DSWA had claimed that it had made such plans, however). In spite of not
having completed an inventory of work that needs to be done, Toole feels
confident that they will be able to finish work by next April: "I have a
good feeling about Y2K in this agency." Marvin Langston, the Defense
Department official in charge of Y2K, said that the rush and anxiety might
provoke some to misrepresent their readiness, but in general, "there's very
little real mischief going on here." Rep. Steve Horn, an outspoken
government critic on Y2K, was "deeply concerned by this report." Horn's
counterpart in the Senate, Sen. Robert Bennett, was not surprised. "Look,
the Pentagon has the biggest problem simply because they are the biggest
agency. I know they are working very hard." The story gives a few other
related details.
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