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Chairman of the President’s Council on Y2K Conversion, John Koskinen, briefed reporters on the problems posed by the February 29 leap year date and his council’s plans for monitoring and rep…

At 5:00 p.m. Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the status of year 2000 computer conversions in government agencies and business operations at the close of the first business day since…

At 12:00 noon Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the status of year 2000 computer conversion in government agencies and U.S. financial firms. He said that no serious problems have b…

Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the status of computer systems around the U.S. and the world on the second day of the year 2000. No serious problems have been reported, but he said …

Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the status of computer conversions after the new year. No serious problems have been reported so far. He responded to questions from the media.

Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the apparent successful transition into the year 2000 by computer systems around the U.S. He responded to media questions.

In a post-midnight news conference Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the year 2000 rollover. He announced that no serious computer problems have occurred, particularly in the power in…

Mr. Koskinen reported on preparations for the year 2000 rollover. He said that he will be in an airplane flying to New York at midnight to demonstrate his confidence that systems will not fa…

Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about continued preparations for the year 2000 rollover and said no problems have been reported yet. He responded to questions from the media.

Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the status of preparations for the year 2000 rollover and the prevention of computer problems associated with it. He said that the Information Coordi…

Administration transportation officials talked with reporters about their preparations for avoiding computer problems at the year 2000 turnover. They talked about how they will monitor U.S. …

Veterans' Affairs Department officials talked with reporters about preparations they have made for any year 2000 computer problems. Veterans were assured that they will receive their monthly…

Mr. Roth and Mr. Powell briefed reporters about Y2K preparations in the telecommunications industry. They answered questions from the media.

Officials briefed reporters about preparations for possible computer failures resulting from the year change to 2000. They talked about the possible effects on the industry, contingency plan…

John Koskinen, Chairman of the President’s Council on the Year 2000 Conversion, talked about year 2000 readiness in government computer systems and other computers around the U.S. He said th…

Mr. Koskinen briefed reporters about the process for collecting and reporting information about problems resulting from potential computer failures as the year date changes to 2000. Among th…

Social Security Commissioner Ken Apfel talked to reporters about the preparation of the Social Security Administration for the year 2000 rollover. He stressed that the administration’s compu…

John Koskinen of the President’s Council on Y2K Conversion, Ira Richer, chairman of Internet Operators and Gary Gagnon of Mitre Corporation talked to reporters about the year 2000 computer p…

Mr. Koskinen spoke about efforts to protect America’s infrastructure from any potential computer problems resulting from the date change on January 1, 2000. He said that government agencie…

John Koskinen, Chairman of the President’s Council on Year 2000 Conversion, briefed reporters about federal preparations for any problems resulting from computer problems with the calendar …