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Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Leadership and Partnerships Result in Limited Rollover Disruptions

T-AIMD-00-70 Published: Jan 27, 2000. Publicly Released: Jan 27, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the change of century rollover, focusing on: (1) the reporting structure established by the government to obtain information on year 2000-related failures during the rollover period; (2) examples of year 2000 errors and their resolution; and (3) lessons from the year 2000 effort that can be carried forward to improve the management of information technology activities.

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