From Paula Gordon:

A website focusing on Y2K impact assessments in nations throughout the world.

The following compilation was constructed to assist in the assessment of international risk factors, potential humanitarian concerns and need for contingency planning for the Year 2000 Conversion.

Updated: July 23, 1999: 9:46 a.m. EDT

http://humanitarian.net/y2keconomic.html

Critt

~Has anybody seen my cold turkey? It was here a minute ago...

-- Critt Jarvis (middleground@critt.com), July 25, 1999

Answers

Critt, thanks for the link. After reading the following article in last weeks news I have been looking for the transcript of Jacquelyn Williams-Bridges'testimony before Congress. Here is the article from last week, and her testimony is at:

STATEMENT OF JACQUELYN L. WILLIAMS-BRIDGERS, INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Y2k Glitch Likely To Disrupt Trade: U.S. Official Full Coverage Year 2000 Problem

Wednesday July 21 5:17 PM ET

Story By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2000 computer glitch is likely to disrupt the worldwide flow of goods and services, perhaps sparking havoc and unrest in some countries, a top State Department official said in remarks prepared for Congress and obtained Wednesday.

With less than six months left before the technology-challenging date change, ``the global picture that is slowly emerging is cause for concern,'' said Jacquelyn Williams-Bridgers, the State Department's inspector general.

``Our assessments suggest that the global community is likely to experience varying degrees of Y2K-related failures in every sector, in every region and at every economic level,'' she said.

In some unnamed countries ``there is a clear risk that electricity, telecommunications and other key systems will fail, perhaps creating economic havoc and social unrest,'' Williams-Bridgers said.

She made her comments in written testimony prepared for a hearing on global corporate readiness Thursday before a special Senate panel looking into the problem. An advance copy was obtained by Reuters.

``Y2K-related disruptions in the international flow of goods and services are likely,'' she said, adding that ``a breakdown in any part of the supply chain would have a serious impact on the U.S. and world economies.''

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