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SSA reiterates its readiness for Y2K

December 22, 1999 The Social Security Administration touted its Y2K readiness in October 1998, and on Tuesday top officials reconfirmed that the agency does not expect any problems during the date changeover. SSA Commissioner Kenneth Apfel said that those beneficiaries scheduled to receive payments Jan. 3 would receive them as expected. The agency ...

Clinton says Y2K bug won't plague agencies

November 11, 1999 President Clinton for the first time personally assured the United States that there would be no major national computer breakdowns when the clock turns to the Year 2000. Clinton's statement followed the administration's release of the fourth and final quarterly report on the progress that government and companies have made ...

States to feds: Back off

July 1, 1999 Jumping into the gaping rift that lies between the states and federal government, representatives from four major local government organizations took to Capitol Hill Wednesday to argue that the federal government has preempted states' rights on a host of issues, including the Telecommunications Act and the Internet Tax Freedom Act. ...

Y2K czar takes message to kids

April 23, 1999 John Koskinen rushed to his morning meeting Thursday, toting a fuzzy yellow stuffed animal named "Earl" and his ubiquitous millennium countdown clock in the hopes he could entertain the crowd of 25 with props. It may have been his smallest audience yet-not in numbers, but in height. Before a backdrop ...