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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: flatsville who wrote (8454)	8/28/1999 8:59:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

Aug 5 '99: Agencies Reporting of Mission-Critical CLASSIFIED Systems "OMB established March 31, 1999, as the milestone date for completing implementation of all mission-critical systems [...]" "As of July 1999, one agency --- the Department of Treasury -- has not reported the status of its mission-critical, classified systems to OMB, however it plans to do so in its subsequent reports to OMB." "Treasury reported that it has 15 mission-critical, classified systems. Of these 15 systems, Treasury reports the Year 2000 status of only 2 to OMB. The status of the other 13 is not reported. According to Treasury, 7 systems are Year 2000 compliant, 5 systems are being repaired, and 1 system is being replaced. The 5 systems being repaired and the 1 system being replaced are all in the testing/validation phase. Treasury plans to have all of it's mission-critical, classified systems fully implemented by August 31, 1999 [...]" gao.gov Cheryl 74 Federal work days until 2000 125 Days until 2000