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Article: Feds not worried about Sept. 9 date problem.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
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- Network World
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- September 6, 1999
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The federal government plans to do "very limited testing'' of its computer systems as a practice exercise to determine potential glitches when the date Sept. 9 arrives next week.
Jack Gribben, a spokesman for the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, said federal Year 2000 programmers expect little or no problem Sept. 9 and decided to conduct a routine test as a precautionary measure.
Many computer experts believe Sept. 9, 1999 -- ...