U.S. Pacific Command Year 2000 Issues.
Abstract
Introduction. This is one in a series of reports being issued by the Inspector General, DoD, in accordance with an informal partnership with the Chief Information Officer, DoD, to monitor DoD efforts to address the year 2000 computing challenge. For a listing of audit projects addressing the issue, see the year 2000 webpage on the IGnet at http: //www.ignet.gov. Information technology systems have typically used two digits to represent the year, such as "98" representing 1998, to conserve electronic storage and reduce operating costs. With the two-digit format, however, the year 2000 is indistinguishable from 1900. As a result of that ambiguity, computers and associated systems and application programs that use dates to calculate, compare, and sort could generate incorrect results when working with years after 1999. Audit Objectives. The overall audit objective was to evaluate the status of the progress of the U.S. Pacific Command in resolving its year 2000 computing issues. Our audit focused on the following year 2000 issues: leadership support and awareness, management and resolution strategy, system assessments, prioritization, system interfaces, testing, risk analysis and contingency planning, and support received from responsible Service executive agents.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 03, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA367584
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense