Footnotes


1 Renovation strategies: (1) Date field expansion converts all date fields to 4 digit years. It involves modifying all software and the structure of data files and databases. (2) Encapsulation adjusts the system to use dates that are 28 years earlier by modifying the date with a year offset. This is accomplished by modifying input and output routines, and database store and retrieval routines to subtract 28 years (the offset) from the actual date entered in the system or stored in the database. The offset of 28 years was chosen because the calendar repeats itself on the same day-of-the-week, including leap year, every 28 years. (3) Windowing defines a 100-year window then applies a special algorithm to determine whether a 2-digit year is in the 1900s or the 2000s.
 


2 The committee name was changed to the House Administration Committee at the beginning of the 106th Congress.
 


3 The Mainframe Applications project included several systems, such as Parking Permits, Management of Network Income Expense Services (MONIES), Lobby Act, and House Information Resource (HIR) Ledger.
 


4 April 9, 1999 is 9999 in the Julian calendar and September 9, 1999 is 9999 in the Gregorian Calendar. These dates may represent problems because the number 9999 is often used to designate an end of file or invalid date in software programs.
 


5 CMOS – Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor IBM Multiprise 2000 Model 135 enterprise server.
 


6 CICS – Customer Information Control System IBM communications system.
 


7 ADABAS is the data base management system developed, marketed and supported by Software AG.
 


8 Natural is a high level programming language that enables programmers to easily create straight-forward application programs designed for use with ADABAS.
 


9 Bridge programs use date expansion, windowing, encapsulation, or other techniques to exchange data between compliant and non-compliant application programs and data exchanges.
 


10 Implementation of a new Fixed Asset Management System is not expected before the Year 2000. Therefore, the House has developed a Fixed Asset Contingency project for the Year 2000 solution.
 


11Subsequent to the end of audit fieldwork, the Committee on House Oversight approved an extension for providing a single MIN/ISIS service, Federal Funding, on the mainframe through March 1999. All other MIN/ISIS services will meet the December 31, 1998 retirement date.
 


121996-1998 adjusted Year 2000 costs excluding the $6.373 supplemental Year 2000 reprogramming funds received at the end of FY 1998.