- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With two years to go, the United States is
still unprepared to deal with the year 2000 computer bug that threatens
to wreak havoc in everyday lives, a Republican congresswoman said Saturday.
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- ``Is our nation ready for this millennium
bug? Frankly no,'' Rep. Connie Morella of Maryland said in the Republican's
weekly radio address.
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- ``At their current pace, many federal
agencies will simply not be ready for the new millennium,'' she said.
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- Morella called on Clinton to use the
``presidential bully pulpit'' to spur the government and private sector
to give the highest priority to addressing the Year 2000 problem.
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- She said Clinton should issue an executive
order to federal agencies, and appoint a senior administration official
to direct efforts to correct the looming computer problem. ``Time is running
out. We are facing an unforgiving deadline,'' Morella said.
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- Unless corrected, computers will read
the year 2000 as 1900 and could affect many areas such as the air traffic
control systems, veterans' benefits, home security systems and building
elevators, she said.
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- ``The consequences could be catastrophic,
rendering useless much of the nation's date-sensitive computer data,''
Morella said.
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