Here's even more cause for despair, Paul.
Link to all of the following articles on GOVERNMENT Y2K readiness, are found at the bottom of this page.
January '97
13 No Date Standard = Chaos in Year 2000
21 Mainframe Readiness Falls Behind Schedule
30 Social Security's Race Against the Clock
30 Government-Recommended Criteria for Year 2000 Compliance
February '97
24 Treasury Department's Vulnerability
24 $2.3 Billion to Fix U.S. Gov't: Low-Ball Estimate
24 Year 2000 Compliance Survey, U.S. Gov. (1996): Bad News
24 Nebraska's Guidelines for Repairs: Frighteningly Complex
24 "Don't Expect Congress to Pay a Dime!"
24 Congress to Social Security: "Answer These Questions!"
24 One County's Programmer Fights for Its Survival
March '97
06 A Gigantic Problem, Says a Key Government Science Agency
19 The U.S. Government Has No Agreed-Upon Date Standard
25 State Governments' Bill: $40-60 Billion (Conservative)
April '97
08 North Carolina's Y2K Bill: From $7 Million to $300 Million
23 The IRS's #1 Problem: 100 Million Lines of Code
May '97
05 Oregon's y2k Site Warns: 1997 Is Very Late
26 Medicare: Government Reports on a Looming Crisis
28 Social Security's Enormous Task: A Summary
28 Government Admits Truth: Its Computers May Shut Down
29 Sen. Moynihan's y2k Bill
June '97
09 2/3 of the States Have Not Completed Stage One: 4/21/97
10 Texas Will Pay $65,000/year to Save the State
19 State Governments' Repair Cost (Salaries Only): $75 billion
25 G-7 Nations Propose a 2-Day Y2K Workshop in 1998 (Wow!)
26 Australia: "Yes, We Have Committees!"
26 Kiss the IRS Goodbye
27 California's White Paper Describes a Gigantic Challenge
July '97
02 Federal Government: Way Behind
08 Partially Compliant (Sort of), Say 7 States
11 If This Is the Good News, Kiss the Feds Goodbye
12 Assessment Deadline Missed: Treasury, Defense
14 Reduce Welfare AND Fix the Millennium Bug, too!!!
14 Food & Drug Administration Issues Warning
16 NOW READ THIS!!! The Good News Is Really Bad, Says GAO
16 71% of Mission-Critical Systems Are Unrepaired
16 Where Gov't Agencies SAY They Are in the Y2K Process
28 California: Nowhere Near Compliant
28 God-Fearing Tax Collector Says, No Problem!
30 Australian Tax Collector Says He Doesn't Know
August '97
06 U.S. Treasury: No Checks Accepted (1999)
11 GAO Warns of Major High Risk Areas
12 States Fear the Feds' Computers
12 National Science Foundation: Get Compliant, or Else!
14 North Platte, Nebraska: Will Dick Brich Make It?
16 The Clintons on the Year 2000: Bug-Free!
16 Ex-IRS Programmer says IRS Has No Big Problem
20 White House Public Relations Letter on Y2K
21 IRS Issues SOS: Shutdown in 2000
21 Revenge of the Codeheads: IRS, Beware!
22 Small County Takes an Estimated $6 Million Hit
25 Bureaucrats Admit That Y2K Won't Be Fixed: Chaos Looms
25 Society Could Be Dismantled, Warns Expert
27 New York Governor Issues Y2K Executive Order
Links to the above are found at the bottom of the page at this site.
garynorth.com
I would highly recommend that anyone going to this site read the copy prior to the listed links.
Cheryl
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