June 30,1998
Note 25
YEAR 2000 ISSUE
The year 2000 issue is the result of shortcomings in many electronic data processing systems and other electronic equipment that may adversely affect the government's operations as early as fiscal year 1999.
The State of Connecticut has completed an inventory of computer systems and other electronic equipment that may be affected by the year 2000 issue and that are necessary to conducting State operations. The State has identified fifty top priority systems requiring year 2000 remediation. Contracts totaling $3.9 million have been issued as of June 30, 1998. The fifty systems identified have been grouped in the following table.
| SYSTEMS | Awareness | Assessment | Remediation | Validation & Testing |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Process/Completed | IP | C | IP | C | IP | C | IP | C |
| Central accounting, payroll and retirement systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Other financial reporting and tax collection | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Legal and administrative systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Regulatory and protective systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Social service and child welfare systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Educational systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Judicial systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Public health systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Inmate management systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Construction Management Systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Clinical information systems | X | X | X | X | ||||
Because of the unprecedented nature of the year 2000 issue, its effects and the success of related remediation efforts will not be fully determinable until the year 2000 and thereafter. Management cannot assure that the State is or will be year 2000 ready, that the State's remediation efforts will be successful in whole or in part, or that parties with whom the State does business will be year 2000 ready.
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