NCJ Number
179296
Date Published
January 1999
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This is a summary of the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) year 2000 program and recent Bureau actions to strengthen its management of the program and improve Year 2000 assistance to State and local government institutions.
Abstract
BOP has assessed, tested and implemented its only mission-critical information technology (IT) system; it is year 2000 compliant. In addition, BOP has assessed, renovated or replaced and implemented 94 percent of its 2,021 mission-critical non-IT systems. BOP plans to implement by March 1999 those systems not yet implemented. BOP has acted to strengthen its year 2000 program management, including: (1) defining its year 2000 program structure and developing a year 2000 conversion plan; (2) expanding its year 2000 program scope to include its 250 contract facilities; (3) tracking the status of workstation testing and non-IT assessments; (4) hiring a contractor to validate the vendors’ year 2000 compliance certifications for non-IT systems; and (5) directing all offices, including contract facilities, and institutions to review, revise as necessary, and test their emergency preparedness plans for consideration of the threat of external infrastructure and internal system failures. Notes