GSA is checking its 8,300 owned and leased buildings. Over 1,000 employees nationwide are conducting inspections of elevators, energy management systems, security systems, fire alarms and power supplies. The Department of Labor reports that its network communication system testing has been successfully completed four hours ahead of schedule. OPM's Internet based systems were taken off line for a matter of hours over the rollover period to provide additional protection from unforeseeable Y2K problems. As of 7 AM EST on Saturday, the Office of Personnel Management website is fully operational and ready for use by the public.
Routine operations are now in place.
All electric power systems in Canada continue to report normal operations. The error was caused by a software code that had been written with an older version of programming language that was not Y2K-ready.