YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE As we approach the Millennium, we are concerned about the computer hardware and software processes using two digits in the date and whether or not our equipment will perform correctly on January 1, 2000. This is commonly referred to as the millennium problem or "bug" and we, at the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, have taken steps to meet this challenge. I have assigned a Project Manager, established a Year 2000 (Y2K) Team and developed a Y2K Action Plan to help us sustain continuous operations up to, through, and beyond the millennium. As a potential provider of goods and services you are an important port of this effort. We also need to be certain that your operations aren't adversely affected by the turn of the century because adverse effects on your operations. We would like to know the status of your efforts to review your business processes that are dependent upon computer technology and to ask you to take necessary actions to ensure the Year 2000 doesn't adversely affect operations. Please consider, not only your company's hardware and software, but also those of your subcontractors and Government Furnished Equipment(GFE). The following is a list regarding some of the areas we considered in your Y2K efforts. Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Intrusion Detection Devices; Industrial Plant Equipment (IPE); Power Plants; Steam Generation Plants; Traffic Lights; Fire Alarms; Hazardous Material Management Systems; Requisitioning or Ordering Systems; Inventory Systems; Financial Systems; R&D Systems; Computer Aided Drafting Systems; Local Unique Systems/Application (including user-developed desktop applications; Personal Computers; Commercial Off the Shelf Software; E-Mail; Network Hardware/Software; Mini-Computer Hardware/Software; Mainframe Computer Hardware/Software Telecommunications; Utilities (electrical, gas, water), etc., and Interfaces important to any of the above. Questions regarding this matter can be addressed to Mr. Stan Kulczycki, TACOM-Warren at (810) 574-7132; e-mail address: kulczycki@cc.tacom.army.mil; Ms. Mary Hernandez, TACOM-Warren, (810) 574-8134; e-mail address: hernandez@cc.tacom.army.mil; Mr. Mike Boedeker, TACOM-ACALA, (309) 782-3324; e-mail address: mboedeke@ria-emh1.army.mil or Mr. Eric Bankit, TACOM-ARDEC, (973) 724-5382; e-mail address: ebankit@pica.army.mil. For more information regarding this action and your participation visit our web site at: http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/Y2K.pdf. WEB: Click here to obtain more information, http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/Y2K.pdf. Posted 07/01/98.

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