John,
Sorry but your USPS link is PR just PR reassurance for mass consumption.
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John Mansfield's links to testimony in government hearings are FAR more informative …
"Postal officials started to address the supplier issue in June 1998 and, to date, have identified almost 8,000 critical suppliers. As of January 1999, the Postal Service knew the Y2K status of only 349 of these 8,000 suppliers." ...
"As of January 1999, the Postal Service had NOT completed its inventory of internal and external data exchanges. The Postal Service has assessed about 4,300 out of approximately 5,700 data exchanges. About 2,000 of the 4,300 data exchanges assessed have been identified as critical. As of now, 123 of the 2,000 have been reported as Y2K ready." ...
As of January 1999, the Postal Service did not know the Y2K status of critical equipment in its facilities nationwide. Officials tried to determine the status of equipment in June 1998, but had limited success. In January 1999, the Postal Service determined that the most appropriate method of assessing equipment was to conduct a survey of the equipment within 200 ""high risk" facilities. The survey is expected to be completed in June 1999...
In the six months remaining after completion of the survey, officials will need to:
¨ Project the results of this survey nationwide;
¨ Determine the business impact of non-Y2K compliant equipment;
¨ Develop, deploy, and test solutions for critical non-Y2K compliant equipment; and
¨ Develop workarounds and contingency plans.
Karla W. Corcoran, Inspector General, Unites States Postal Service
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"The fact is, the Postal Service is part of the Year 2000 contingency plans of many organizations that rely on electronic communications, whether benefit payments by federal agencies, electronic payments in the private sector, or simple data transmission from person to person. This means that our readiness efforts must focus on maintaining the ability to process and deliver normal mail volumes as we enter the new year, and to absorb additional volumes that could be diverted from the electronic message stream."
Norman E. Lorentz
Senior V.P., Chief Technology Officer, United States Postal Service
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[Senator] Horn said that among all federal agencies it is particularly important USPS be Year 2000-compliant because many federal agencies and businesses plan to use hand-delivered mail in case electronic systems fail.
cnn.com
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