Horn urged the president to make the impending software glitch a national priority. Franklin Delano Roosevelt would have given a fireside chat, Harry Truman would have, Dwight D. Eisenhower would have, John F. Kennedy would have, and Ronald Reagan would have. The Financial Management System, the part of the Treasury Department that writes social security checks, lags far behind in year 2000 readiness, Horn said. Horn's report card was based on agencies' May 15 reports to the Office of Management and Budget, where agencies submit quarterly information on the readiness of their mission-critical systems. With only six quarters remaining, agencies should report weekly, the lawmaker said.
Staffs evaporate due to better pay at state government and banks.
The new millennium is approaching quickly.