Email this to a friend. It had nothing to do with a computer malfunction. It had everything to do with a communication malfunction. Is Bearing Down on Certain States. But if The Wall Street Journal said it was so, it must be right.
Any civil servant can imagine the attention brought to our office.
At a time when I was busy preparing for the arrival of our legislative assembly, I had to spend days explaining to reporters, outraged citizens and skeptical lawmakers that Oregon was not ignoring the Year 2000 problem. The most troubling call I took, however, was from my state's director of administrative services. Bond rating companies had contacted him to verify the poor performance reported by The Wall Street Journal. He reassured them by providing ample documentation of Oregon's Year 2000 diligence. We'll never know.