Marine Forces Reserve Preparation for Year 2000

Introduction. This report is one of a series being issued by the Inspector General, DoD, in accordance with an informal partnership with the Chief Information Officer, DoD, to monitor DoD efforts to address the year 2000 computing problem. For a listing of audit projects addressing the issue, see the year 2000 web page on the IGnet at http : //www. ignet. gov. Objectives. The audit objective was to determine whether the Marine Forces Reserve is adequately planning for and managing year 2000 risks to avoid undue disruption to its mission. Specifically, we reviewed year 2000 risk assessments, testing, and contingency plans for systems that support the Marine Forces Reserve mission. Results. The Marine Forces Reserve is active in ensuring that its information systems and facility infrastructure would be year 2000 compliant. The Marine Forces Reserve uses the same systems for tactical systems as the active forces and therefore was not responsible for their year 2000 issues; however, the Marine Forces Reserve monitors year 2000 progress on these systems to determine their impact on its mission. In addition, the Marine Forces Reserve included the required clause in active contracts to ensure that it procured year 2000 compliant technology. As a result, all the Marine Forces Reserve systems should be year 2000 compliant if planned actions are accomplished.