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Federal agencies face a March deadline to eradicate the infamous millennium bug. Will they make it?
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Federal agencies face a March deadline to defuse the Y2K time bomb. Will they make it?
By News.com staff
January 20, 1999, 4 a.m. PT
Crawling toward
compliance
The U.S. government's deadline for fixing the infamous bug is only weeks away--and a number of agencies are still far behind.
Who will pay the
bills?
Between big companies and governments, billions will be spent worldwide on fixing the glitch. Who will pay for the mess?
A grassroots
battle
While government agencies try to tackle the problem on a larger scale, some people are fighting it in city halls and town meetings.
Dropping the
ball
If the bug infiltrates systems at the New York Power Authority, it could cause quite a stir on New Year's Eve in Times Square.
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