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To: vpelt who wrote (7716)	12/22/1997 10:22:00 AM
From: John Arnett	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

To All: Moved on AP wire and sure to appear in 12/22/97 newspapers. "Year 2000 taxing the nerves and budget of the IRS" The Year 2000 problem. At the IRS, that involves scouring 62 million lines of computer code to ensure computers don't crash at the next millenium. Estimated cost $900 million, second to the Defense Dept. John Yost, IRS Year 2000 project director said, "One of our problems now is competing to hold on to the people we have." In the fiscal year that ended 9/30, the IRS lost 8% to 9% of its computer programming staff. That attrition rate may be comparable to private industry's but is 35% higher than the departure rate for computer specialists government-wide, according to the OPM. The Office of Management and Budget estimates a $3.9 billion price tag to avert widespread government computer crashes from what's being called "millenium crisis" The size of the IRS' Year 2000 problem is enormous. The agency has to review 88,000 programs on 80 mainframe computers, debug a large telecommunications system and check such mundane items as elevators and building security systems. So far the IRS has converted 2,000 programs. Former IRS Commissioner, Margaret Milner Richardson predicted a tough year ahead for IRS computer staffers. "I don't think there will be a lot of time to spare, and it will be very nerve-racking," she said. "Government is having a very hard time getting enough qualified people." Comment: IRS has converted 2% of their programs to Y2k. Federal government has identified $3.9 billion to convert. What about 50 states...what's the price tag there? Real key is competent people....something TPRO has assembled over the past 12 months. Anybody else read this AP wire in their newspapers today?