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To: Alex who wrote (30954)	3/31/1999 6:03:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116978

Agencies miss deadline on Y2K fixes By Erich Luening Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 31, 1999, 12:35 p.m. PT special coverage The federal government said today it did not meet its self-imposed deadline for completing Year 2000 computer fixes. The Clinton administration said 11 agencies have not finished updating all of their "mission-critical" computer systems. During a press conference this afternoon in Washington, John Koskinen, the president's point man on Y2K and chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, said 13 of the 24 federal departments did make the deadline. However, the Agency for International Development completely missed it, reporting that none of its systems have been fixed, officials said. In addition to AID, the 8 percent of agencies that missed the White House deadline include components of several vital agencies, such as Health and Human Services, the Defense Department, and air traffic control computers operated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Services eliciting the most concern are flight controls, Medicare check processing, and weapons systems. In addition, Koskinen also said 25 percent of the White House's own mission-critical systems missed the deadline. He said the White House expects to have its systems 50 percent compliant by June and fully compliant by the end of the summer. Koskinen reported that 92 percent of the government's mission-critical systems at the 24 largest agencies have been fixed, have undergone an initial round of Year 2000 tests, and have been put back online, meeting the March 31 deadline set 16 months ago. Koskinen said the rest of the lagging agencies will complete their Y2K work by summer's end. Of 6,123 critical federal systems, only about 500 systems at 11 large agencies still need repairs, he said. Republican leaders immediately lambasted the Clinton administration for failing to meet the Y2K deadline. "Today the administration is redefining success by patting themselves on the back for being 92 percent Y2K compliant. The reality is, the Administration has failed to meet its own deadline," said House majority leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), said in a statement released this afternoon. "The administration is fooling itself and luring the American public into a false sense of security. The Administration's definition of 'compliant' just isn't good enough," Armey said. (cont) news.com