IP: Federal government (surprise) not all that Y2K-OK

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:10:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>


The federal government's own Y2K-fix percentages, released last Friday,
from netlynews.com:


   Agriculture Department: 50 percent
   Commerce Department (includes Patent and Trademark Office): 59 percent
   Defense Department: 27 percent
   Education Department (includes Sandia National Laboratory): 13 percent
   Health and Human Services (includes Medicaid, Medicare): 14 percent
   Housing and Urban Development: 40 percent
   Justice Department (includes FBI): 18 percent
   Labor Department: 19 percent
   State Department: 0 percent
   Transportation Department (includes FAA): 11 percent
   Treasury Department (includes IRS, BATF): 44 percent
   Federal Emergency Management Agency: 47 percent
   NASA: 51 percent
   Social Security Administration: 87 percent


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