The Y2k Issue

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food & farming, defense, transportation, hospitals & emergency service, power, banking, law enforcement, communications, fuel, and government are all things in question.
Experts have testified before banking subcommittees that any major firm that has not already completed its assessment can not hope to become Y2K compliant by January 1, 2000. None of the utilities that were surveyed were assured after making inquiries that their suppliers, venders, and servicers would be Y2K compliant. Utilities are highly dependent on servicers, suppliers, and other upstream activities to transmit, and distribute gas and electricity. In fact, many power distribution companies are ultimately dependent on foreign oil imports.
The problem is more than real: it�s a matter of life and death for many companies� and our government. If Citibank can�t get compliant for example, it might go bankrupt. If the federal government can�t get both the IRS and the payment services compliant (Social Insecurity, ...

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to the cities would become impossible unless transportation is operating, and you can�t buy or sell food unless banks are open. Not even the fueling of farm equipment that produces the food unless the fuel infrastructure component is operating, and many farmers can�t plan efficient crops unless satellites are operating. You can�t provide mass medical care unless the government can reimburse doctors for Medicare payments, and you can�t do anything in the hospitals unless the power is on. You can�t operate a stock market without good communications. The interdependencies are too numerous to continue.

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