ttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-02/24/063r-022499-idx.html tudy Says Y2K Risks Widespread Firms, Many Nations Termed Unprepared By Stephen Barr Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 24, 1999; Page A01

A report on the Year 2000 computer problem prepared by a special Senate panel warns that a number of foreign countries and U.S. economic sectors, especially the health care industry, appear at significant risk for technological failures and business disruptions. The report, scheduled for release this week by Sens. Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) and Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), includes a letter to Senate colleagues describing the problem of computers' ability to recognize dates starting on Jan. 1, 2000, popularly known as Y2K, as a "worldwide crisis" and as "one of the most serious and potentially devastating events this nation has ever encountered."

-- Jean Wasp (jean@sonic.net), February 25, 1999