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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1384)	4/2/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: Colin Christie	Read Replies (2) of 9818

A friend who is a Lt. Cmdr in the Navy sent this to me today: If you haven't seen this, it is a message that went out Navy-wide from the Secretary of the Navy. Looks like too little, too late. Just thought you might be interested. Please excuse the poor email ettiquette, ie all caps...I'm not screaming at anyone, I just cut and pasted the text which was originally in all caps. THE YEAR 2000 CHALLENGE BY SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JOHN H. DALTON THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE "YEAR 2000" CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US. THIS ISSUE IS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES. IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT WE PRESERVE OUR FULL WARFIGHTING CAPABILITY BY INSURING THAT NO MISSION-CRITICAL SYSTEM IN THE AIR, AT SEA OR ASHORE FAILS BECAUSE OF YEAR 2000 PROBLEMS. AS WE APPROACH THE 21ST CENTURY, WE ARE RELYING MORE HEAVILY EACH YEAR ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION TO CARRY OUT OUR WORLDWIDE MISSIONS. ONE OF THE GREATEST INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES FACING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) AND THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD IS THE YEAR 2000 (Y2K) PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM ARISES FROM THE WIDESPREAD PRACTICE OF USING TWO DIGITS VICE FOUR DIGITS TO REPRESENT THE YEAR IN COMPUTER DATABASES, SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND HARDWARE CHIPS. Y2K RELATED DIFFICULTIES WILL ARISE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IF OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT CANNOT DIFFERENTIATE THE YEAR 2000 FROM THE YEAR 1900. I EXPECT FULL INVOLVEMENT OF OUR NAVAL LEADERSHIP IN YEAR 2000 ISSUES. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO APPROACH THIS PROBLEM WITH A BUSINESS AS USUAL ATTITUDE. THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM IS NOT JUST AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM BUT ONE THAT TOUCHES VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS OF THE NAVY/MARINE CORPS TEAM FROM THE FOXHOLE, TO THE FLIGHTLINE, TO THE DESTROYER DECKPLATE, TO THE SHORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS OUR FORCES. IT IS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM AND WE MUST BE PREPARED. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS FIXED AND DEPLOYED TO THE FLEET NO LATER THAN DEC. 31,1998. THIS WILL ALLOW US ONE FULL YEAR FOR INTEGRATED TESTING OF OUR SYSTEMS IN AN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. GUIDANCE ON THE DEPARTMENTS APPROACH TO THE MILLENNIUM AND CRITICAL MILESTONES IS CONTAINED IN THE DON Y2K ACTION PLAN AT THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER'S WEB SITE: WWW.DONCIO.NAVY.MIL/Y2K/YEAR2000.HTM ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE WILL BE PROVIDED PERIODICALLY FROM THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS AND THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AS NECESSARY.

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