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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1256)	3/23/1998 3:33:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Agencies underestimated cost of fixing Year 2000 problem March 23, 1998 Sougata Mukherjee Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON -- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) now estimates the federal government will have to pay almost $4.7 billion to fix the Year 2000 computer glitch. That figure is up 100 percent from what the government estimated a year ago. amcity.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1256)	3/23/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

' The Federal Reserve Bank has produced a document that is intended to help the small and medium businesses... '14. Author: Dave Bettinger ( dbettinger ) Date: Mar. 23 9:43 AM 1998 This message has been posted for Chris Rohrs, of The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The Federal Reserve Bank has produced a document that is intended to help the small and medium businesses become aware of the Year 2000 problem and the potential risks, and to provide some guidelines in working on and resolving the problem. This document is available on the Internet. The address is frbsf.org, and click on Small Business and The Year 2000. The audience is the owners and/or managers of small and medium-sized businesses. This document explains what the Year 2000 problem is, the scope, and the potential risks to businesses and other organizations. It presents a suggested organizational approach to managing the problem, presents and explains a 5-step plan to resolving the problem, discusses testing techniques and issues, and discusses the date rollover problem with personal computers. It also provides the small and medium-sized business with some additional sources of information and help. We urge you to share this document with your business partners. You may want to talk with your purchasing department to enlist their help in getting copies to all of your suppliers. Remember, we are all in this together. While the name of the document is "Small Business and The Year2000," local governments, utilities and other organizations may also benefit from reviewing it. Thankyou, ChrisRohrs The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco ____ From the SIM board