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Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Labor Has Progressed But Selected Systems Remain at Risk

T-AIMD-99-179 Published: May 12, 1999. Publicly Released: May 12, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Labor's progress in making its 61 mission-critical systems year 2000 compliant, focusing on: (1) the systems operated by states to administer unemployment benefits payments for Labor's Unemployment Insurance Service (UIS); and (2) an assessment of the risks faced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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Contingency plansMission critical systemsData integrityEmployment agenciesInformation resources managementInformation systemsSoftwareSoftware verification and validationState-administered programsStrategic information systems planningSystems conversionsUnemployment compensation programsY2K