Senate Y2K panel reports that seven states in 'danger zone'
Associated Press, 09/23/99
WASHINGTON - The world won't end on Jan. 1 with a Y2K-related computer crash, but Americans should be ready for short-term disruptions ranging from higher gas prices to local power outages, a Senate panel said yesterday.
With 100 days left before computers run up against the year 2000 date, federal agencies and the national infrastructure are in solid shape, but seven states remain in the 'danger zone' with less than 70 percent of computer systems ready, the Y2K panel said in its final report ...
... seven states - Alabama, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wyoming - had fixed less than 70 percent of systems affecting such programs as child nutrition, food stamps, and unemployment insurance.
The Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees Medicaid and Medicare, listed eight states this month as 'high risk' in terms of keeping up with Medicaid child health insurance or eligibility claims after Jan. 1. They were Alabama, Alaska, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Vermont.
The report named Russia, China, and Italy among the many countries that appear to be far behind in fixing computers [...]
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The committee listed its greatest concerns as China, Russia, and Italy plus a handful of U.S. oil suppliers: Venezuela, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Kuwait [...]
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