Senate Year 2000 Technology Problem Committee at a Glance

Majority
Room, B-40 Dirksen, Suite 3
Phone, 224-5224
Fax, 228-0517
www.senate.gov/~y2k/

Minority
Room, B-40 Dirksen, Suite 3
Phone, 224-5224
Fax, 228-0517
www.senate.gov/~y2k/

Major issue
Y2K problem

Committee profile
The Senate Year 2000 Technology Problem Committee is known for its workmanlike approach to its subject, the much-discussed Y2K computer glitch. One interest group staffer who has worked closely with the committee says that it has been "very nonpartisan. They've reached out to business regularly, and the level of demagoguing has been minimal." Staff Director Robert Cresanti has a history with the committee's chairman, Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah. The two have worked together since Cresanti began as a legislative assistant in Bennett's personal office in 1993. Harris Miller, the president of the Information Technology Association of America, calls the panel "accessible, professional, and bipartisan. They are known for looking at the Y2K challenge objectively and for producing high-quality work. You could have imagined a much more partisan and over-the-edge committee."

Republicans (4)
Robert Bennett, Utah
Jon Kyl, Ariz.
Gordon H. Smith, Ore.
Susan Collins, Maine

Majority
Staff Director
Robert Cresanti, 224-5224

Deputy Staff Director
John Stephenson, 224-5224

Counsel
Tania Calhoun, 224-5224

Press Secretary
Don Meyer, 224-5224

Deputy Press Secretary
Bret Rawson, 224-5224

Professional Staff Members
Paul Hunter, 224-5224
Paul Nicholas, 224-5224
Ron Spear, 224-5224
Tom Bello, 224-5224

Clerk
Amber Sechrist, 224-5224

Archivist
Noelle Busk, 224-5224

Staff Assistant
SaraJane MacKay, 224-5224


Democrats (3)
Christopher J. Dodd, Conn.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, N.Y.
John Edwards, N.C.

Minority

Staff Director
Wilke Green, 225-5224

Press Secretary
Unice Liberman, 224-5224