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Senate: Y2K Committee --
Transportation
- Senate Y2K Committee Announces
Survey Results Measuring Y2K Preparedness of Nation's Largest Transportation Companies
(09-10-98)
- Transportation Survey Results
- Presentations
- The Honorable Mortimer
Downey, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
- Ms. Robin
Stevens, Chief, Year 2000 Compliance, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- Mr. Edward R.
Hamberger, President & CEO, Association of American Railroads
- Ms. Joyce Wrenn, Vice
President, Information Technology and CIO, Union Pacific Railroad
- Ms. Paige Miller,
Commissioner, Port of Seattle
- Mr. Chris Lofgren,
Chief Technology Officer, Schneider National
Y2K.Gov: President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion: Transportation Links
GSA Y2K Site: Y2K - Resources for
Industry
US Department of Transportation: Y2K Transportation Sector
Pipeline Safety Advisory Bulletin: Untitled
Government Computer News Search on Y2K: Search
- Coast Guard warns Y2K may
jeopardize flow of oil to U.S. | GCN March 15, 1999
- Pierside cranes that load and unload containers from cargo ships, for instance, have as
many as 150 embedded computer chips each, he said. In a response to a recent survey,
marine manufacturers reported that 20 percent of the embedded chips they had tested were
not 2000-ready.
- More than 7,700 foreign ships carrying cargo such as crude oil make about 80,000 visits
to U.S. ports annually. More than 50 percent of the oil consumed in this country comes
from foreign sources through U.S. ports. The Coast Guard is worried that many of these
highly automated vessels are not We dont have much control over those vessels
which are extremely dependent on technology, said Rear Adm. George Naccara, the
Coast Guards CIO, at a recent conference.year 2000-ready.
- The Coast Guard also has created a year 2000 site for mariners at www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/y2k.htm.
House.Gov: United
States General Accounting Office - August 6, 1998, FAA Systems: Serious Challenges
Remain in Resolving Year 2000 and Computer Security Problems, Statement of Joel C.
Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information
Management Division
Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)-Year 2000 Project
- Year 2000 Project Status
Viking Freight | Year 2000 | Questions
& Answers
Crowley Maritime Corp. Y2K Project
SperryMarine Y2K Web Site
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