The Department of Information Technology provides a variety of telecommunication services to state agencies and localities. Services providers, through contracts with telephone companies, telecommunications providers, and long distance carriers, are supplying DIT with information concerning their preparations. However, DIT has no authority to enter their premises to validate their preparations.
Agencies are responsible for telecommunications equipment they own.
Agencies owning telecommunications equipment should contact the equipment manufacturers to get current Year 2000 information. DIT has an aggressive program to upgrade all routers that DIT owns. Router modifications are on schedule and should be completed by January 1999. For validation of Year 2000 compliance, DIT is dependent on the equipment manufacturers and the testing they have conducted to isolate problems and produce fixes. For services provided under contract, DIT monitors providers to determine the level of effort and progress they are making toward Year 2000 compliance.