When small business is disrupted to a significant degree, the effects ripple throughout the economy. SBA's Y2K campaign includes televised public service announcements and mass mailings to small business owners. Senators Robert F. Bennett of Utah and Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut are co-chairmen of the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem. They have been joined by a number of companies and trade groups in alerting small businesses to the problem. A small business may be exposed to Y2K problems through its own computer system.
Examples are important customers and suppliers, financial institutions, landlords and utilities.
Finally, a small company may be vulnerable through malfunction of machinery or equipment that operates on time-dependent embedded microprocessors. Security cards, telephones, elevators and refrigeration are examples. Determine the business Y2K risk. If vulnerable, take action now. Fix the problem and test the results.