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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: O. H. Rundell who wrote (3880)2/15/1999 12:07:00 AM
From: jwk   of 9818
 
>>That kind of stuff should get the herd sniffing in the wind....<<

O.H. -- yes, that and little things like this bit from the SEC I posted the other day.

To: John Mansfield (3801 )
From: jwk
Thursday, Feb 11 1999 12:29AM ET
Reply # of 3881

Many Companies Lagging in Y2K Disclosure, SEC Accountant Says

By Marcy Gordon AP (page 8c - Business Section of Today's Denver Post)

Corporate America has fallen far behind in disclosing its readiness for the Year 2000 and how much the
preparations an computer upgrades have been costing, the chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange
Commission said Tuesday.

A check of financial reports that publicly traded companies must submit to the SEC shows that "many
companies are still not complying" with Year 2000 disclosure requirements, Lynn Turner said at a conference
organized by the District of Columbia Bar association.

He said more than half the companies in an unspecified sample failed to disclose how much it is costing them to
get their computer systems ready for the millennial change, while close to half didn't describe their contingency
plans in case the systems fail......snip...
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