Military gets D for Y2K House report blames hiring by private sector for slowing U.S. efforts to crawl September 10, 1999: 5:58 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (CNNfn) - Important parts of the federal government -- including the departments of Defense, Treasury, Justice, Agriculture and Health and Human Services -- are not prepared for the Y2K computer bug, according to a congressional report card released Friday. Defense scored the lowest, two "D's," according the to the ranking compiled by two House subcommittees. http://www.cnnfn.com/1999/09/10/technology/y2k_report/

-- Tom (Y2KOhno!@Yikes!.com), September 10, 1999

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Tom, thanks a lot for the link!

-- Rebecca Waldock (RWaldock@noemail.com), September 10, 1999.

Reaction from the pollies was mixed:

Flint: "Good news."

Hoff: "Great news!"

Decker: "Absolutely FANTASTIC news!!!"

-- a (a@a.a), September 10, 1999.

And BTW Tom...its almost 9:00PM - you're using old data again.

-- a (a@a.a), September 10, 1999.