1. Year 2000 Computer Bug Hoax Offers an alternate view to the Year 2000 panic. Includes an overview of the Y2K bug. Search using FAST Google Inktomi Teoma. year 2000 computer Bug Hoax http://www.angelfire.com/oh/justanumber

Year 2000 Computer Bug Hoax POSTSCRIPT This website was frozen on December 31, 1999, as a permanent document on how all of us acted and reacted to the Y2K myth from 1997 to 1999. Enjoy reading all of the emails , especially the wild ones from 1998. - David Robert Loblaw, 03 January 2000 A Canadian's opinion piece on this mischievous deception The hysteria surrounding the Year 2000 computer bug will be the biggest money-making hoax in my lifetime. This web-site, originally created in the Fall of '97, is my way of congratulating everyone involved in this elaborate and perfectly-executed scam. Well done! I’m in awe of the people who inflated this issue from a simple computer problem into mythical proportions. I don’t want it stopped; I’m eager to continue to watch the hoax unfold. There is no way it can be stopped anyway as far too many people have an interest in this being perceived as a big problem. No one who’s making money on it or whose reputation is on the line is going to drop their poker face until 01/01/00.

2. Y2K Clearing House President Bill Clinton presents his council on dealing with the Y2K bug. Offers a section on how to become Year 2000 compliant. web site is a clearinghouse for information on the year 2000 computer problem. It is maintained by the U.S. General http://www.y2k.gov/

Home General Information Lessons learned Press Release Archive ... Sector Pages W elcome to the National Year 2000 (Y2K) Clearinghouse. This website is a combination of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, the Chief Information Officer's Council Committee on Year 2000, and the U.S. Federal Gateway for Year 2000 Information Directories. T his clearinghouse creates a single repository of Y2K information to assist the public, business, academia, Federal, state and local governments in obtaining various Y2K information. T he National Y2K Clearinghouse web site is in the process of being finalized. Please send an e-mail message to Mike Johnson at mike.johnson@gsa.gov regarding any departmental information (in particular Y2K lessons learned) you would like to have included in the National Y2K Clearinghouse web site. To those of you that have provided content for the National Y2K Clearinghouse web site, thank you. F or a list of instructions on how to submit your Y2K information please press here This web site is a clearinghouse for information on the Year 2000 computer problem. It is maintained by the

3. Year 2000 Computer Problem The year 2000 computer Problem Special Edition is no longer being updated since the New Year has passed with only minor disruptions. http://special.northernlight.com/y2k

here YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM NEWS Click link to run Live Query™ in Current News WALL STREET JOURNAL ABSTRACTS Click link to read Wall Street Journal Abstracts about the Year 2000 Computer Problem ONGOING NEWS COVERAGE ZDNet (ZiffDavis) Y2K site Computer Currents Magazine Year 2000 Info CNET Y2K Special report Editorial Cartoonists on Y2K New York Times: The Y2K Problem Internet Society Issues Year 2000 UpsideToday Research Center: Y2K LEGAL ISSUES Year 2000 Legal site Accounting for the Year 2000 (Y2K) Problem Computer Law: Year 2000 (Law Journal Extra) ... Y2K Law Site - Special Issue: Year 2000 Y2K litigation twist surfaces - From Electronic News, 6 December 1999 - From Investext Reports, 6 July 1999 Accountants face significant Y2K liability exposure - From Accounting Today, 10 May 1999 International Y2K Cooperation Center Center for Y2K and Society Y2K: National Bulletin Board PC Webopedia Year 2000 Problem ... Y2K in the Spotlight - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Y2K Resources Online Global Y2K Initiative Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Y2K Working Group IDG.net Year 2000 World ... Hurry Up Please It's Time (James Fallows) - From New York Review of Books, 23 September 1999 VENDOR COMPLIANCE Y2K Compliance Database PC Year 2000 Alliance Apple and the Year 2000 ... Microsoft Year 2000 Resource Center U.S. GOVERNMENT SITES

4. Year 2000 Members Hearings Schedule Press Year 2000. Joint Hearing "year 2000 computer PROBLEM DID THE WORLD OVERREACT? http://www.house.gov/reform/gmit/y2k

SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY Committee on Government Reform Home Jurisdiction Members Hearings ... Joint Hearing "YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM: DID THE WORLD OVERREACT? WHAT DID WE LEARN?" January 27, 2000 "Horn Commends Nation's Y2K Efforts" January 3, 2000 " More Federal Agencies Complete Y2K Fixes" December 14, 1999 YEAR 2000 PROGRESS - FINAL REPORT CARD November 22, 1999 REP. HORN'S STATEMENT NOVEMBER 1999 REPORT CARD NOVEMBER 1999 SCORE SHEET ... Joint Hearing: "Y2K: MYTHS AND REALITIES" November 4, 1999 Joint Hearing: "Y2K CONTINGENCY AND DAY ONE PLANS: IF COMPUTERS FAIL, WHAT'S THE PLAN?" October 29, 1999 Joint Hearing: "Y2K AND NUCLEAR POWER: WILL REACTORS REACT RESPONSIBLY?" October 26, 1999 Joint Hearing - "STATE OF THE STATES: WILL Y2K DISRUPT ESSENTIAL SERVICES?" October 6, 1999 Joint hearing: "THE YEAR 2000 AND MEDICARE: IS HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AT RISK?" September 27, 1999 Joint hearing: "INTERNATIONAL Y2K: COULD UNPREPARED COUNTRIES JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF AMERICANS?" September 15, 1999 YEAR 2000 REPORT CARD September 10, 1999

5. Legal Issues Concerning The Year 2000 Computer Problem LEGAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE year 2000 computer PROBLEM AN AWARENESSARTICLE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR. by Jeff Jinnett A serious computer http://www.year2000.com/archive/legalissues.html

LEGAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM: AN AWARENESS ARTICLE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR by Jeff Jinnett A serious computer problem, variously known as the "Year 2000," "Y2K," "Century Date Change" or "Millennium Bug" problem, faces many companies. This article is intended to provide a summary discussion of some of the major legal issues which may arise due to the Year 2000 problem and is written with non-lawyers as well as lawyers in mind. BACKGROUND http://www.iee.org.uk/2000risk " and M. Frautschi, "Embedded Systems and the Year 2000 Problem (the OTHER Year 2000 Problem), " located at http://www.tmn.com/~frautsch/y2k2.html "). As an example of the type of incorrect calculation which can be produced due to this problem, when a computer sorts dates by year, "00" (for the year 2000) could be identified as an earlier date than "99" (for the year 1999). A financial spreadsheet or projection therefore might show the financial trend for the 1999-2000 period running backwards rather than forwards. Insurance company computers might report a policy running through the year 2001 as having instead expired in 1901. A non-compliant bank computer calculating interest for a financial instrument for the six year period of 1995 through the year 2000 might instead calculate the interest for the period of 1900 through 1995, for a ninety-six year period instead of a six year period. More detailed information concerning the Year 2000 problem and available Year 2000 conferences and seminars can be found at the Internet URL of "

6. EU Worried About Bug Preparations European Union governments should take urgent action to ensure that public authorities are prepared for the year 2000 computer glitch, the European Commission says. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29562,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh

7. Year 2000 year 2000 computer Problem June 25, 1997 Dear Medical Device Manufacturer http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/yr2000.html

CDRH Home Search A-Z Index Feedback Year 2000 Computer Problem June 25, 1997 Dear Medical Device Manufacturer: This is to remind you that some computer systems and software applications currently used in medical devices, including embedded microprocessors, may experience problems beginning January 1, 2000 due to their use of two-digit fields for date representation. In addition to adversely affecting the functioning of some devices, the two-digit date format could also affect computer-controlled design, production or quality control processes. To ensure the continued safety and effectiveness of these devices, we are recommending the following actions: For future medical device premarket submissions, manufacturers should assure that the products can perform date recording and computations that will be unaffected by the year-2000 date change. For currently manufactured medical devices, manufacturers should conduct hazard and safety analyses to determine whether device performance could be affected by the year-2000 date change. If these analyses show that device safety or effectiveness could be affected, then appropriate steps should be taken to correct current production and to assist customers who have purchased such devices. For computer-controlled design, production and quality control processes

8. Year 2000 Computer Bug Hoax: A Simple Explanation year 2000 computer Bug Hoax A Simple Explanation. POSTSCRIPT Thiswebsite was frozen on December 31, 1999, as a permanent document http://www.angelfire.com/oh/justanumber/whatitis.html

Year 2000 Computer Bug Hoax: A Simple Explanation POSTSCRIPT This website was frozen on December 31, 1999, as a permanent document on how all of us acted and reacted to the Y2K myth from 1997 to 1999. There will be no updates. Enjoy reading all of the emails , especially the wild ones from 1998. - David Robert Loblaw, 03 January 2000 Millennium Bug is a misnomer Millennium ... The Year 2000 is not the start of the next millennium . Even if it was, this date-field issue has nothing to do with thousand year cycles. If computers existed in 1899, we'd have called it The Year 1900 Problem. ... Bug A bug is an unforeseen blip in software and other development. Microsnot is the world leader in this. The Year 2000 issue is just that an issue, not a bug. What it is Decades ago, well-dressed computer programmers collectively and individually decided not to include the unnecessary "19" century digits before every year date. By doing so, this saved a lot of valuable, expensive, and rare memory space (back then). It was a responsible and logical decision. If they did not do this, our current computer technology would probably be hovering around the early 1980's mark. People today would be drooling over possibly owning a

9. Y2K For Women -- The Year 2000 Computer Problem: What Every Woman Needs To Know What's the Big Deal About Y2K? The year 2000 computer Problem What EveryWoman Needs to Know and How to Keep Herself and Her Family Safe. http://www.y2kwomen.com/keeper/

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10. FHWA - The Year 2000 Computer Problem Federal Highway Administration and the year 2000 computer Problem Y2KThanks from Secretary Slater and Deputy Secretary Downey. The http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/y2k/

The Year 2000 Computer Problem FHWA Year 2000 Program ITS Year 2000 Summit U.S. DOT Year 2000 Programs Federal Government Year 2000 Programs ... COTS Database Search Federal Highway Administration and the Year 2000 Computer Problem Y2K Thanks from Secretary Slater and Deputy Secretary Downey The roots of the Year 2000 computer problem date back to the time when data storage on computers was so expensive that it became standard practice to store only the last two digits of the year in computer systems. The problem now is that years stored as "00" or "01" would be considered to be the years "1900" and "1901" by these older systems. Another potential Year 2000 problem lies in operational transportation systems such as traffic signal systems run by State and local governments that may also have embedded programs in their hardware and/or software that cannnot correctly handle the Year 2000. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) began taking a strong action on the Year 2000 computer problem in the late 1980s. At that time, FHWA designed the Agency's flagship information system, the Fiscal Management Information System (FMIS), with 4-digit date fields. In September 1997, the FHWA was recognized by Representative Steve Horn, Chair of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee's Information Technology Panel as being one of two Federal agencies (the other was the Social Security Administration) that began Year 2000 repair work well before anyone in Congress knew there was a problem. Since then, FHWA has made great strides towards making all FHWA information systems and technology Year 2000 compliant.

11. World Bank Offers Grant For Y2K Fix | CNET News.com If you're an organization with a solid plan to fix the year 2000 computer problem, you could be eligible for a $250,000 grant from the World Bank. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,19703,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh

12. Effect Of The Year 2000 Computer Issue Effect of the year 2000 computer Issue. (From HMCo SEC filings form10Q 3rd Quarter 1999). The statements in this section are Year http://www.hmco.com/year2000/y2kstatement.html

Effect of the Year 2000 Computer Issue (From HMCo SEC filings form 10-Q 3rd Quarter 1999 The statements in this section are "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure" within the meaning of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act. To address this issue, Houghton Mifflin has created a plan under the direction of a Program Management Office, which consists of a team of Houghton Mifflin personnel and third-party consultants. The phases of the plan include assessment, remediation or replacement, testing and certification, and implementation. As part of this effort, the Program Management Office provides regular updates to management and the Board of Directors, as well as information bulletins to the entire company. Houghton Mifflin has focused on the following four areas of exposure: information technology; non-information technology, or non-IT systems (for example, climate control systems, copy machines, security systems, etc.); technology products sold by Houghton Mifflin; and third-party relationships. Houghton Mifflin is using the status-of-completion method to evaluate its progress on the Year 2000 computer issue. This method compares the level of effort necessary to complete the task with the level of effort expended to date. Resolution Phase Estimated Average % Completion Expected Completion

13. Iin120 - Year 2000 Computer Problem OTHER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS. Subject Year2000 Computer Problem. As part of the National Science Foundation's http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/iin120/iin120.htm

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Office of the Director ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22230 Notice No. 120 June 27, 1997 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PRESIDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND HEADS OF OTHER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS Subject: Year 2000 Computer Problem As part of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) activities related to potential problems associated with Year 2000, NSF wishes to remind its awardees of their responsibilities under NSF grants and cooperative agreements. Recipients of NSF grants and cooperative agreements generally have full responsibility for the scientific, administrative, and financial aspects of the activity being supported. This responsibility extends to anticipating and reacting to events such as the Year 2000 and taking all steps necessary to mitigate potential problems that might be caused by the Year 2000. Many computer systems may experience operational difficulties because they are unable to handle the change from the year 1999 to the year 2000. Others may fail because they do not properly consider 2000 a leap year. For computer systems that use two digits to represent the year, calculations, comparisons, and data sorting my be adversely affected. This would include computer systems ranging from the desktop to the largest mainframe. Awardees should also be aware that the Year 2000 may affect electronic devices utilizing embedded microchips that perform date-based calculations. Biomedical devices and other laboratory equipment may depend upon embedded date functions. If the chip receives what it perceives to be an invalid date, it may fail, impacting important experiments. False date comparisons may invalidate test results, leading to false conclusions.

14. NIH Guide: NOTICE REGARDING THE YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM NOTICE REGARDING THE year 2000 computer PROBLEM Release Date April 3, 1998 PT NationalInstitutes of Health As part of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not98-046.html

http://www.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm . Information pertaining to the NIH-wide Year 2000 activities can be found at NIH's Office of Information Resource Management's (OIRM) web site at http://wwwoirm.nih.gov/y2000/. This site includes a link to FIPS PUB 4-1. Information concerning interagency Year 2000 activities, plans, and issues can be found on the General Services Administration's web site at http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov under the Year 2000 Information Directory. Return to Volume Index Return to NIH Guide Main Index Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892

15. SEC Make Y2K Issues No. 1 Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt is telling all the nation's securities firms to make bracing for year 2000 computer glitches a top priority. News.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,15994,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh

16. Uncle Sam - Year 2000 Computer Problems Uncle Sam year 2000 computer PROBLEMS Government Publications Department RegionalDepository Library The University of Memphis Last updated December 7, 2001 http://www.lib.memphis.edu/govpubs/y2k.htm

U ncle S am Y EAR 2000 C OMPUTER P ROBLEMS Government Publications Department Regional Depository Library The University of Memphis Last updated: December 7, 2001 Bottom Tempus fugit with regard to the "Year 2000 Problem", which is also known as the Y2K problem, or the Millennium Bug. Every agency and department of the Federal government is concerned with handling this potentially disastrous situation. Stated simply, the Y2K problem is one that arises historically from programmers using "00" as the designation for the year. Consequently, the use of only two digits results in most computers reading "00" as "1900". Telephone and insurance companies, the Social Security Administration, the banking industry, the IRS, and Postal Service are only a few organizations that must comply with standards in order to avoid major problems with financial data. The General Services Administration and Presidential Council on Year 2000 Conversion both have websites to address the problem with standards and recommendations. The General Services Administration has set the following standards for all computers to meet: 1. Correctly recognize the change in date from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000.

17. Oversight Hearing On The Year 2000 Computer Problem Oversight Hearing on the year 2000 computer Problem. MEMBERS OF THE SCIENCE COMMITTEEWITH THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM. Wednesday, January 20, 1999. http://www.house.gov/science/tech_charter_012099.htm

Oversight Hearing on the Year 2000 Computer Problem MEMBERS OF THE SCIENCE COMMITTEE WITH THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM Wednesday, January 20, 1999 11:15 a.m. Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building The Federal Government has fewer than 350 days left to reassure Americans that its critical services will reliably continue, despite impending computer problems associated with the new millennium. On January 1, 2000, computer systems and other mechanical devices that use date-sensitive microchips may not distinguish between the years 2000 and 1900, and could fail to function. The purpose of this hearing is to receive a status report on the efforts of U.S. and international governments in preparing for the Year 2000 computer problem. BACKGROUND In the 1960s and 1970s, when these systems were developed, computers had limited storage space. In an effort to conserve that space, or memory, computer programmers designated the year by using two digits instead of four. For example, 1966 was simply "66." The method works until confronted by the "00" of the year 2000. Unless corrected, these computer systems and microchips may not know if the "00" means the year 2000 or the year 1900. The confusion could result in the transmission of corrupted data, computer malfunctions, or total system breakdowns. The Year 2000 problem, or Y2K, is global. A number of private-sector organizations have estimated the worldwide cost of fixing these date-sensitive systems to be between $600 billion and $1 trillion.

18. Everything 2000 - Computer Time Bomb 2000, Time Bomb 2000 What the year 2000 computer Crisis Means toYou! by Edward Yourdon (Preface), Jennifer Yourdon (Preface) Buy Now! http://www.everything2000.com/computer/a_computer.asp

Obviously, the global glitch known as the Y2K Computer Crisis has come and gone without any major burps to speak of. Still, there is interest in what happened and why. This section contains those stories as well as links to promient companies that were involved in the fixes. Y2K News Y2K "Leaps" Pass Final Hurdle Leap Year computer problems are few leaving bug nearly exterminated Full story Y2K Money Well Spent Experts say the $100 Billion spent on the computer bug was necessary Full story... Y2K Drug Stockpiling Prevented No increase in prescriptions during end of year Full story.. Y2K Over, What's Next? Those who spent years working on Y2K computer fixes begin looking for next job Full story... Y2K Panic Cash Collected Bank vaults full of extra money emptied and sent back to Federal Reserve Full story...

19. Defense Policy On The Year 2000 Computer Conversion Issue Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer Conversion Issue. The millennium bug is avivid and powerful reminder of the ways that we are growing ever http://www.defenselink.mil/issues/y2k.html

Search Home Site Map DoD Sites ... QUESTIONS? Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer Conversion Issue "The millennium bug is a vivid and powerful reminder of the ways that we are growing ever more independent as we rise to the challenges of this new era. When our founding fathers urged us to form a more perfect union, I don't think they had this in mind, but they might be quite pleased. The powerful forces of change that have created unimagined abundance also bear within them, as is consistent with human nature, the possibilities of new and unexpected challenges. But if we act properly, we won't look back on this as a headache, sort of the last failed challenge of the 20 th century. It will be the first challenge of the 21st century successfully met. That is the American way, and together we can do it." President Clinton July 14, 1998 RELATED PUBLICATIONS RELATED SITES RELATED NEWS ARTICLES (Launch a 60 second search) RELATED NEWS RELEASES/TRANSCRIPTS (Launch a 60 second search) Related Publications DoD Year 2000 Management Plan Checklist from the DLA Systems Design Center Defense Data Dictionary System - DoD Data Standards: Direct link to DoD Data Administration Home Page (Look here for guidance on data element standards for dates) Crosstalk, the Journal of Defense Software Engineering

20. DefenseLINK News: DoD Focusing On Year 2000 Computer Fixes DoD Focusing on year 2000 computer Fixes. By Jim Garamone AmericanForces Press Service WASHINGTON Jan. 1, 2000, is a deadline http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun1998/n06301998_9806302.html

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