Y2k - the Year 2000 problem

By the resolution of the Government of the Slovak Republic the Y2k Working Group of the Governmental Council for Informatics was created in March 1999 to ensure methodical control, coordination and monitoring of all nationwide activities concerning the Y2k problem.

Activities of the Y2k Working Group include

• creating and maintaining a specific web site devoted to the Y2k problem (this site),
• publishing methodological recommendations, which describe the Y2k problem and give advice for dealing with the problem,
• monitoring the preparedness of the national infrastructure (energy, telecommunication, transport, banking, health care etc.), to manage a smooth transition into year 2000,
• preparing updated reports on the state of activities for the government, which, after their approval, are published on the Y2k web site,
• creating and publishing of Y2k National Action Plan,
• organizing press conferences discussing the Y2k problem,
• informing international organizations on the progress of the Y2k problem solution in the Slovak Republic.

In parallel with these activities various other initiatives took place:

• several conferences devoted to the Y2k problem took place, one of them organized in cooperation of the British Embassy and the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic,
• a web site ˝Forum2000˝ has been established by an initiative group including also some IT suppliers (IBM, Microsoft etc.) providing selected articles, giving advice and responding questions,
• the problem of the Y2k is discussed also on the web sites of some ministries (e.g. Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy, some others are prepared) as well as on the web sites of the National Bank of Slovakia and some commercial organizations,
• articles discussing the Y2k problem are being published in daily newspapers as well as in specialized economic press.

The purpose of this site is to inform general public about the Y2k problem and the status of it's solution in the Slovak Republic.

Y2k site is maintained by Infostat
e-mail: y2k@infostat.sk