Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Update on the Readiness of the Social Security Administration

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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	Feb. 24, 1999
Report No.	T-AIMD-99-90
Subject	Contingency plans Mission critical systems Federal social security programs Information resources management Information systems Interagency relations Software Software verification and validation Strategic information systems planning Supplemental security income Systems compatibility Systems conversions Y2K Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program SSA Disability Determination Program SSA Year 2000 Program Business continuity and contingency plan

Summary:

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has made significant early progress in becoming Year 2000 compliant. However, three areas of significant risk remain that could threaten the agency's ability to deliver benefit payments. First, SSA has not included the 54 state disability determination services, which provide vital support to SSA in administering its disability programs, in its initial assessment of systems that it considered a priority for correction. Second, SSA has thousands of data exchanges with other organizations, including the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service, and the states. Unless SAA can ensure that the data received are Year 2000 compliant, program benefits and eligibility computations that are derived from that data may be compromised and SSA's databases corrupted. Third, the risks to SSA's Year 2000 program are compounded by the lack of contingency plans to ensure business continuity in the event of systems failure.

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Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Update on the Readiness of the Social Security Administration