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<h3>About the Transportation Sector</h3>
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<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">President Clinton's Executive Order #13073
states that &quot;The American people expect reliable service from their Government and
deserve the confidence that&nbsp; critical government functions dependent on electronic
systems will be performed&nbsp; accurately and in a timely manner. Because of a design
feature in many electronic systems, a large number of activities in the public and private
sectors could be at risk beginning in the year 2000. Some computer systems and other
electronic devices will misinterpret the year '00' as 1900, rather than 2000. Unless
appropriate action is taken, this flaw, known as the 'Y2K problem', can cause systems that
support those functions to compute erroneously or simply not run. Minimizing the Y2K
problem will require a major technological and managerial effort, and it is critical that
the United States Government does its part in addressing this challenge.&quot;&nbsp; </font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">The order established executive branch policy
that agencies shall: </font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">(1) assure that no critical Federal program
experiences disruption because of the Y2K problem; </font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">(2) assist and cooperate with State, local,
and tribal governments to address the Y2K problem where those governments depend on
Federal information or information technology, or the Federal Government is dependent on
those governments to perform critical missions; </font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">(3) cooperate with the private sector
operators of critical national and local systems, including the banking and financial
system, the telecommunications system, the public health system, the transportation
system, and the electric power generation system, in addressing the Y2K problem; and,</font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">(4) communicate with their foreign
counterparts to raise awareness of and generate cooperative international arrangements to
address the Y2K problem. </font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">The order further established the <a HREF="http://www.y2k.gov" TARGET="_blank" OnMouseOver="message('Council Web Site'); return true"><strong>President's Council on Year 2000&nbsp; Conversion</strong></a>
(the &quot;Council&quot;). The Council Chair is an Assistant to the President, and the
Council is composed of one representative from each of the executive departments and other
Federal agencies as determined by the Chair. The Chair oversees the activities of agencies
to assure that their systems operate smoothly through the year 2000; acts as chief
spokesperson on the Y2K issue for the executive branch in national and international fora;
provides policy coordination of executive branch activities with State, local, and tribal
governments on the Y2K problem; and, promotes appropriate Federal roles with respect to
private sector Y2K activities.</font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">The Council Chair determined that an economic
sector methodology would be used for discussing the Council's Y2K outreach activities. A
lead agency was named for each economic sector (e.g., transportation, social services,
food supply, etc.), with each agency responsible for providing information about the
sector(s) that it is associated with.</font></p>
<p ALIGN="LEFT"><font FACE="Times New Roman">The Department of Transportation was
designated as the lead agency for the Y2K Transportation Sector which includes the United
States Postal Service, the Department of Interior, the Department of Treasury (Customs),
the Department of State, and the Department of Defense as member agencies. </font></p>
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