IP: " A more balanced view of the Fed's Y2K preparedness"

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

From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
To: "'farber@cis.upenn.edu'" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>




(This is from the fellow in charge of Y2K for the Washington
State Department of Information Services, to whom I forwarded
the previous IP posting.)


-----Original Message-----
From: Saunders, John
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 8:19 AM
To: 'Ed Lazowska'
Subject: RE: Federal government (surprise) not all that Y2K-OK




Yes, I've seen these. These numbers reflect the percentage of mission
critical systems that are being "rennovated" only.  Many systems are
being replaced, and the progress rate for replacement is often higher
for the federal agencies than for the rennovation.   The combined
completion rates (both replacement and rennovation) can be found at:
http://cio.gov/y2k6q.htm#tablea2


John O. Saunders
Manager, Year 2000 Program Office
State Of Washington
Department of Information Services