WHEN WILL THE U.S. START CONTINGENCY PLANNING?
Government and businesses are already working together in the UK, on contingency planning because they realize and admit, there will be major negative impact on infrastructure. In the U.S. we are doing nothing!
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Contributed by John Mansfield
UK: 'ensuring supply of critical imports, like food and drugs'
"We'll ramp up contingency planning all the way through 1999," said Cruickshank. He will also look at the international level of contingency planning that affects the UK directly, such as ensuring supply of critical imports, like food and drugs, and the international
dimension of year 2000 on the UK."
computerweekly.co.uk
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'Welsh utilities join forces to see off threat
"Infrastructure bodies in Wales are getting together to lay down contingency plans for the millennium date crisis. Representatives of the utilities, police, emergency services, local authorities, and BT will meet next month to discuss the real impact of the millennium bug on the Principality."
computerweekly.co.uk
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Real issue is keeping lights on in London
The utility companies have worked hard on year 2000 compliance, but are taking no chances and have put plans in place just in case things go wrong.
"It is unreasonable to assume you will get everything 100% right ..."
"Scottish Power is already working on the assumption that any critical system that can fail will fail...",
computerweekly.co.uk
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