Defense Computers: DOD Y2K Functional End-to-End Testing Progress and Test Event Management
AIMD-00-12
Published: Oct 18, 1999. Publicly Released: Oct 18, 1999.
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Highlights
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the effectiveness of the Department of Defense's efforts to perform year 2000-related end-to-end tests for its major business functions.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the Senior Civilian Official of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence to report to the Deputy Secretary immediately on plans for end-to-end testing the 31 mission-critical communications systems, including milestones for executing tests and reporting test results, or to otherwise justify in writing to the Deputy Secretary why any of the systems will not be included in an end-to-end test event. |
Closed – Implemented
In response to the recommendation, DOD reported and provided documentation to show the testing status of all 31 systems, indicating that (1) 14 systems had completed the required testing, (2) 16 systems would not require testing, and (3) the remaining one system would be tested by October 15, 1999. As of December 16, 1999, the DOD Communications functional area reported that the remaining system had completed testing on October 25, 1999. Because of the importance of communications systems to DOD's mission, the updated status and progress data will provide DOD managers the ability to make more informed decisions on communications functional readiness at the year 2000.
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Software verification and validationMission critical systemsData integrityInformation resources managementStrategic information systems planningSystems compatibilitySystems conversionsY2KLogisticsU.S. Army