Year 2000 Compliance

A Guide for the Police

April 1997

This Guide was produced by a joint working team from PITO (the Police Information Technology Organisation) in the Home Office and Mentis Management Consultants Ltd.

Contents

Management Summary

• 1. Introduction
  1.1 Pinpointing the Year 2000 Problem
  1.2 History of Police Service Action
  1.3 Purpose of this Guide
  

• 2. Responsibilities and Management
  2.1 Ownership and Responsibility
  2.2 Hierarchy
  2.3 Management and Organisation
  2.4 Organisational Considerations
  

• 3. Year 2000 Compliance Action Plan
  3.1 Year 2000 Action Plan
  3.2 Assessing the Situation
  3.3 Evaluating the Options
  3.4 By-Products and Additional Benefits
  3.4 Planning to Tackle the Problem
  3.5 Managing the Change Programme
  

• 4. Commentary on Specific Issues
  4.1 The General Police Environment
  4.2 Police Applications Context
  4.3 Risk Management
  

• APPENDICES
  1. Applications Risk Assessment
  2. Hardware/Platform Risk Assessment
  3. Checklist for Action (Computer Systems)
  4. Checklist for Action (Embedded Systems)
  5. British Standards Institution (BSI) Definition
  6. Report to IMAG on Advice Regarding Legacy Systems
  

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-- Bill (billdale@lakesnet.net), March 15, 1998