Year 2000 Efforts at the Drug Enforcement Administration
Report No. 99-26
September 1999
Office of the Inspector General
This report addresses DEA's Year 2000 efforts that relate to accurate reporting of mission-critical systems and assesses evidence supporting whether mission-critical systems are Year 2000 compliant. Accurate identification and tracking of mission-critical systems are necessary to enable the Department and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure an orderly completion of efforts to address the Year 2000 threat. Consequently, it is essential that components document evidence supporting Year 2000 compliance assessments.
Our audit disclosed weaknesses in DEA's reporting of mission-critical systems and its evidence supporting mission-critical systems as Year 2000 compliant. Specifically, we found: