Year 2000 Computing Challenge: OPM Has Made Progress on Business Continuity Planning

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) year 2000 business continuity and contingency planning activities, focusing on OPM's efforts to: (1) develop an overall planning strategy for ensuring the continuity of agency operations; (2) assess the risk and impact of system failures on the agency's core business processes; (3) prepare contingency plans that include procedures and timetables for continuing agency operations in the event that critical systems fail; and (4) test the contingency plans to determine their effectiveness.