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Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Telecommunications Readiness Critical, Yet Overall Status Largely Unknown

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 16, 1998
Report No. T-AIMD-98-212
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Summary:

The readiness of the telecommunications sector to address the Year 2000 problem is of crucial concern. No one--from large corporations to government agencies to families and individuals--is immune from the potential disruption of vital telecommunications services. Telecommunications technologies have helped to fuel the growth of the U.S. economy and have led to major improvements to the nation's infrastructure. The potential losses and disruptions that could arise from noncomplying telecommunications systems could be staggering. This testimony (1) describes the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure; (2) discusses the risks involved if critical components of that infrastructure are not Year 2000 compliant by the turn of the century; (3) describes the measures taken by the federal government relating to national, international, and governmental telecommunications infrastructure; and (4) presents the issues that must be addressed.

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