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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (4621)	3/13/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

OH MY GOSH!!! I didn't realize THIS is what govt grades were based on. The grades are not based only on compliance in 1999. They're also based on compliance after 1/1/2000. Completion of mission-critical systems prior to 2001 gets an agency a C. ======================================================== How Grades were Assigned The primary determinant of grades is Mission-Critical Systems – specifically, the estimated completion date based upon agency self-reported current rate of progress. [Remember this is for ONLY Mission-Critical Systems. Not everything else.] - Finishing before the OMB deadline of March 31, 1999 earns a base grade of A. - [Guess after March 31 and/or by Jan 2000 is a B] - Finishing in the year 2000 or 2001 is a base grade of C. - 2002 is a base grade of D. - And, anything over 2002 is an F. freedom.gov Subcommittee on Govt Management, Information & Technology HERE'S A CHART OF MOST RECENT GRADES: freedom.gov The government continues to drop the number of Mission Critical systems in order to raise the percentages of completion. They had a high of 8589 mission critical systems to a present low of 6404. [NOTICE HOW DEPT OF ENERGY WENT FROM 2 F's to a "B".] Message 8292026 MOST RECENT GOVERNMENT REPORT CARD The Progress of the Executive Branch in Meeting the Year 2000 (Y2K) Problem February 22, 1999 - by Stephen Horn, Chairman Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology The overall Federal Government earned only a "C+" this quarter. "Six organizations lowered an otherwise stellar grade to mediocrity. But together, these agencies – the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, State, and Transportation, and the Agency for International Development – are responsible for more than 50 percent of all mission-critical computer systems in the Federal Government. "Our concerns about these agencies are plentiful. For example, last December the Department of Defense reported that 81 percent of its mission-critical systems were Year 2000 compliant. But in the department's quarterly report this month, officials stated that only 72 percent were compliant. Either the department has a serious internal communications problem, or it has taken a very big step backward in its Year 2000 efforts. Either way, the situation is alarming. Today, DOD's biggest battle is fixing its own computer systems. "The Department of Transportation is moving toward January 1 at a snail's pace, with only 53 percent of its systems Year 2000 compliant. This quarter, the department reported a miserable two percent increase in progress. At that rate, the "T" in DOT means "trouble" not "transportation." The Federal Aviation Administration's antiquated air traffic control system is a significant part of the problem. Its progress rate makes the horse and buggy look like rapid transit. "The Department of Health and Human Services has made significant progress in its Year 2000 compliance. But we remain deeply concerned over the Health Care Financing Administration's problem with external data exchanges. Millions of our most vulnerable citizens – the elderly and the ill – depend on this agency's ability to function, whether the year is 1999 or 2000. "Within Health and Human Services, there is also another area of concern: the less visible Payment Management System. This system processes about $170 billion a year in Federal grants and other payment services, yet this major computer system is not Year 2000 compliant. "The Department of State remains mired in the Jeffersonian era of quills and scrolls, and flickering candlelight. Although the department increased its compliance rate by 25 percent this quarter, only 61 percent of its systems are Year 2000 compliant. A lot of work remains, and time is running short. "Finally, there is the Agency for International Development (AID), which was recently adopted by the Department of State. AID remains buried at the bottom of our grade pool. That small agency has only seven mission-critical systems. However, not one of them is Year 2000 compliant. Given its current progress, we aren't sure which millenium this agency is targeting for compliance. Agency officials, of course, disagree. They report that the work will be completed by September 1999. Don't count on it. "Now here is the good news ... house.gov GEEZ - If this is where WE are - what about all of these other countries that are 18-24 months behind us?? Cheryl