How to know which federal agencies will fail!
52 Questions That Congress Should Ask Koskinen (Under Oath)
y2knewswire.com
This is from the Y2K NEWSWIRE site (April 1).
Where are the statistics showing system testing results?
How many bugs were actually found?
How many bugs were actually fixed?
Who independently verified the systems are now working (and where is their report...)?
When exactly did these systems go on-line?
If the federal government really has a handle on the Y2K problem, why did Y2K remediation costs unexpectedly rise nearly $3 billion to a newly-estimated $6.8 billion?
For how many days have these systems been running on-line?
Were any problems experienced when the systems went on-line, or did everything work perfectly?
Why didn't we hear announcements of agencies moving into the testing phase?
Why didn't we hear the announcements of agencies moving into the implementation phase?
What is the name of the project manager at each federal agency who is signing off on the full compliance of these systems?
What is the name of the lead programmer at each federal agency who is now looking for new work?
What is the status of the previously-categorized "mission-critical" systems that were dropped from the list?
Have the systems been end-to-end tested?
How many embedded systems were checked for compliance?
How many faulty embedded systems were found?
How many embedded systems were replaced?
When were all the programmers fired?
Did the agency complete a roll-forward clock test?
How long does it take the FAA to finish the last 1%?
When will Social Security actually be end-to-end compliant?
Have these federal systems been tested with local and state computer systems?
What is the definition of "mission-critical?"
What is the definition of "compliant?"
Have any self-reported compliance numbers been verified?
For each agency, what are the qualifications of the person making the compliance claims? (Any large-scale software project experience?)
For each agency, how many programmers were hired, and how many are working there now?
Have inter-agency data exchanges been tested?
How long will it take to fix the last 8% of the mission-critical systems?
How long will it take to fix the non-mission-critical systems?
What happens to government services if the last 8% aren't fixed?
What is the deadline for fixing non-mission-critical systems? Or is there one?
Exactly how did the federal government finish testing and implementation in under three months when it takes well-coordinated companies at least a year to do the same?
What is the Y2K compliance status of the IRS?
Did the Clinton administration take the agencies' word on their compliance statistics without verification?
Will both Clinton and Koskinen put their political careers on the line to stand behind the compliance, testing and implementation claims?
What, exactly, did the Y2K project milestone calendar look like from each agency?
If March 31 was the deadline for full compliance, and given that this was not achieved, is the federal government willing to admit the deadline was missed?
Why haven't there been any punishments for agencies caught lying about their compliance?
Is it possible that some systems thought to be fixed still have problems? And if so, what is the deadline for fixing these new problems?
Will the federal government share its secret of software remediation miracles with private industry so that we can all get compliant in just a few weeks?
Furthermore, will the federal government share its secret miracle method with the rest of the world so that global economic disruptions are no longer a possibility?
Who is the person (or team) in the federal government that created this miracle software remediation technique, and does that person have a patent on it yet?
If the federal government is 92% finished on repairs, has it also spent 92% of the needed Y2K remediation funds, or will it need more funds to complete the last 8%?
If the FAA takes six months to complete the last 1%, how many months does it take the entire federal government to complete the last 8%?
If the federal government is now compliant and the danger has passed, will the President now promise the nation that he will not be 'surprised' by Y2K problems and declare a national emergency?
If the federal government's Y2K problem has been solved, will Koskinen now resign and move on to something else?
If problems actually occur with mission-critical systems on or after 1/1/2000, which bureaucrat will accept the responsibility for the failure?
On what hard evidence should the public believe the claims of compliance, testing and implementation?
Are the systems in the "last 8%" the same size or the same difficulty to fix as the systems in the first 92? Or did these agencies fix the easy systems first?
Will the federal government now thank Peter de Jager, Gary North, Ed Yourdon, Michael Hyatt, and the numerous Y2K web sites for sounding the alarm and rallying the troops to get this problem fixed so quickly?
Does a single person with large-scale software project experience work in the Clinton administration? If so, is this person also willing to stand behind the compliance claims?
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