FAA YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM:JOEL C. WILLEMSSEN

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: February 4, 1998 | Copyright information

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United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Committee on Science, and the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives

YEAR 2000 COMPUTING CRISIS

February 4, 1998

FAA Must Act Quickly to Prevent Systems Failures

Statement of Joel C. Willemssen Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems Accounting and Information Management Division

Ms. Chairwoman, Mr. Chairman, ...

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