Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Risk of Serious Disruption to Essential Government Functions Calls for Agency Action Now
T-AIMD-97-52
Published: Feb 27, 1997. Publicly Released: Feb 27, 1997.
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GAO discussed the potential serious disruption to critical government functions and services that may result from the upcoming change of century, focusing on the steps agencies can take to reduce the risk of year 2000 computer system failures by making their systems year 2000-compliant.
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Application softwareComputer equipment managementSoftwareFederal agency accounting systemsFinancial management systemsInformation resources managementStrategic information systems planningSystems conversionsSystems designY2KComputer resources management