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To: WR who wrote (19934)	7/2/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

'The National Association of Manufacturers called on Congress and the Clinton administration yesterday to make fixing the so-called "millennium bug" a top priority in order to avert widespread computer failures at the turn of the century. "In my own view, it is a particularly large global disaster in the making," said Jerry Jasinowsky, NAM's president. "I am convinced the problem is vastly underappreciated." Corporate and government leaders have become increasingly alarmed about the potential for trouble with computer systems that were programmed to recognize calendar dates by their last two digits and thus will become hopelessly confused when the year 2000 arrives. The resulting computer system malfunctions could cause power outages, weapon-systems failures, factory closures or canceled Social Security checks. Businesses must fix and test millions of computer systems in the next 18 months to solve the problem, experts say. . . . "Most companies are very reluctant to share information because of antitrust problems and issues of being sued," said Mr. Jasinowsky, who represents the nation's largest manufacturers. "The American business community has made a huge effort already to deal with [the problem]." That lack of information makes it difficult for experts to estimate how big a problem year 2000 poses. . . . The Clinton administration set a Year 2000 Conversion Council at the White House headed by John Koskinen in March. He has testified that most U.S. businesses will solve their computer problems in time, although the critics say the agency needs to start planning for contingencies because certain computers will fail. washtimes.com