In February 1999, the Navy reported that all of its mission-critical system interfaces have signed memorandums of agreement ensuring that its systems can exchange data correctly in a Year 2000 environment.

The Navy Year 2000 Coordination Office increased its staffing level from 10 staff at the time of the review, to a level of 16 staff, to ensure that adequate personnel was available, with the necessary authority, to correct the Year 2000 problems that GAO identified. The Secretary of the Navy should direct the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer to ensure that the Navy Year 2000 Coordination Office is provided with sufficient staff and authority to ensure that components have identified and corrected interfaces and developed written memorandums of agreement with interface partners. The revised data are included in DOD's quarterly reports to OMB. The Navy has and continues to track the status of its inventoried systems, and according to Navy Program Office officials, continues to update the database to ensure that it is accurate and complete.

In June 1998, the Navy also established a Year 2000 database that gives Navy program managers direct access to detailed system/subsystem information such as interfaces, and various cost data. The Navy Year 2000 Coordination Office increased its staffing level from 10 staff at the time of the review, to a level of 16 staff, to ensure that adequate personnel was available, with the necessary authority, to correct the year 2000 problems that GAO identified.

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