The system will ensure that each critical system receives the required attention. Though responsibility for compliance falls upon each department, the DOIT's comprehensive oversight procedures and reporting system will give real-time status on the progress. Involvement of cities and counties. On Feb. 19, DOIT is sponsoring the California Statewide Intergovernmental Summit on Year 2000, the first state-sponsored meeting in the nation to address computer interfaces between cities, counties and the state. Programs covering unemployment, disability and other entitlements are distributed by data flowing from state systems to county and city systems.
Legal issues support.
The possibility of year 2000-related failures resulting in litigation is a big concern. To address this issue, DOIT is initiating a year 2000 legal program to limit the state's exposure and to find opportunities for recovery of some remediation costs. To improve the quality of state application development projects, DOIT is working with representatives of the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The two will develop a program to increase competency among California software development project managers. Timely, ongoing assessment.