Y2K Compliance

As previously reported in the discussion of NSF’s GPRA Management Goal 4, NSF completed all the activities needed to address the Year 2000 problem for its information systems according to plan, on schedule and within budget in FY 1999.

Internal performance reports for mission critical systems were verified by an independent verification and validation contractor. No discrepancies between the reports and the actual status of the systems were found. The Foundation met OMB’s schedule for achieving Year 2000 compliance of its mission critical systems before the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) deadline of March 1999. In fact, throughout the Y2K effort, OMB consistently classified NSF as making satisfactory progress (Tier 3 – the highest classification given) on its Y2K activities. NSF also consistently received high marks from the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology on its Y2K preparation activities.

As of November 1999, NSF had incurred approximately $1.1 million to address Y2K issues. NSF’s transition to Year 2000 has gone smoothly with no systems or operations glitches or failures experienced.