On March 4th the progress of these efforts were recognized by Congressman Stephen Horn, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology. The other two agencies are the Social Security Administration and the National Science Foundation.
Progress is measured as a percentage complete for each phase.
These phases overlap and are not consecutive. For example, systems can be implemented before the renovation of all systems are completed. We have completed our assessment phase. Our current timetable is to complete renovation by September 1998, validation by January 1999, and to implement and run all systems in production by March 1999. OMB's March 1998 quarterly report on governmentwide Year 2000 progress placed VA in the highest of three categories, stating that VA is making satisfactory progress.