The University of Tulsa has created a Year 2000 task force to identify University owned or managed resources that are not already Year 2000 compliant and to plan strategies for effectively addressing compliance issues relating to critical systems before December 31, 1999. All requests from external entities for statements of Year 2000 compliance, including generic or custom forms, should be left uncompleted and sent to Mark Archer in the Office of Academic Information Services. Mark will send a paper copy of our readiness disclosure to the requesting entity and keep a record of Year 2000 transmittals. The Task Force has divided the systems that may be affected by the Year 2000 issue into two classes. Global systems Critical systems are systems that are classified as absolutely essential to the operations of the institution.
Many critical systems are global in the sense that they are administered centrally.
Failure in critical global systems would affect many faculty, students, staff, or the credibility of the University. Examples are the student information system, the payroll and accounting system, telecommunications, systems affecting health and safety on campus, and systems required for communication with external agencies. The Year 2000 Task Force is in the process of inventorying the critical global systems, assessing their Year 2000 compliance, and planning solutions regarding non-compliant systems, whether owned or managed by the University or externally. Members of the Year 2000 Task Force have access to the current inventory of critical global systems. There are several components in the University's data networking and voice communication systems.