Operation Just Cause... ...for as long as it takes
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Come share the Department of Defense Military
Health System's (MHS's) success and visit its new Y2K Web site to learn
how
the Department achieved 100 percent Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance of its
mission-critical systems by December 1998-when some businesses were only
beginning to examine their systems.
The MHS met an aggressive timeline to identify, assess, renovate,
validate and implement all of its Y2K-affected systems. Now it is time
to
celebrate and use the Internet to keep beneficiaries abreast of these
preparations. Indicative of the "preparedness ethic" of the Product Team
in
charge, the Web site was launched Friday, June 11, 1999--long before the
dawning of the new millennium.
The Web site contains Y2K Fact Sheets, Press Releases, Frequently
Asked Questions, Year 2000 News and Y2K-related articles. The site also
links the Integrated Product Team (the thinkers who ensured that MHS
systems are compliant) and is a comprehensive source for the latest information
on the MHS and Y2K.
As of this writing, the Web site reports 97 percent compliance of
MHS non-mission-critical systems and 99 percent compliance of biomedical
equipment. The Y2K Product Team is tracking 87 centrally managed
information
systems, over 365,000 pieces of biomedical equipment and 500 facilities.
Team members are constantly refining processes as the remaining
equipment,
facilities and non-mission-critical systems are made compliant.
The Y2K date-processing problem stems from the historical and
widespread use throughout the computer and information systems industry
of
2-digit rather than 4-digit numbers to represent the year in software
and
hardware. Systems that are Y2K-compliant will act appropriately and will
be
able to distinguish the year 1900 from the year 2000, and will keep on
running. Learn more about the history and future of Y2K at:
For more information, contact:
TRICARE Communications and Customer Service, (703) 681-1775
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