SPECIAL REPORT
The Exterminators
Washington has never encountered anything quite like the the Year 2000 software problem: It can't be negotiated with, it can't be postponed and it can't be solved by throwing money at it. This report, excerpted from a special issue of National Journal, looks at how three agencies are managing the challenge.
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The Pentagon's Nightmare Scenario
The Defense Department's debugging is behind schedule. The possible consequences are frightening.
Medicare's Prognosis
The program's administrators face a crushingly complex challenge; so far they haven't been up to it.
Social Security's Success Story
In 1989, after bumping into Y2K glitches, the Social Security Administration began retooling.
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