I may be wrong on this, but I thought that congress recently passed a bill
that basically indemnified any vendor/subc that provided assurance of year
2000 abilities - making the 'vendor letter' less valuable. Many
institutions, including ours, have focused on contingency planning for
crucial items in addition to internal testing.  As many systems cannot be
evaluated in a real world situation, contingency planning is vital.

If anyone is interested, I have developed an enterprise web based system for
our y2k effort that allows:

1) Collection, edit and maintenance of a Y2k inventory
2) Recording of the results of an industry standard 14 point testing plan
3) Recording of contingency plans
4) Reporting

-David

-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Prudhomme [mailto:xxxxxx@UNO.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 10:30 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: Y2K - Financial Perspective

Megan,
 Yes, we are.......
Our state Department of Administration set up the plan, what we have to
ask, etc.  This is an incredible can of worms, as you probably have
already discovered, because almost all third party software is connected
to everything.  And we also, are being asked the same questions by our
subcontractors who consider us "vendors".

Jane Prudhomme, Director
Research and Sponsored Programs
University of New Orleans
(504) 280-7154

Megan Carter wrote:
>
> Our institution is currently working on Y2K issues as they relate to
> computers and data.  We are definitely looking at our internal information
> systems.  Contractually, we are including in all new contracts a
compliance
> clause, but only when the contracted work involves significant data
> collection or analysis.
>
> My question -
>
> Is anyone requiring subcontractors (existing or new) to provide proof of a
> Y2K plan for financial and administrative purposes?  We have started to
> receive letters requesting that we sign and return as confirmation, proof
> that we are Y2K compliant (or working towards), and that our
administrative
> systems will not disrupt our ability to meet our contractual agreement.
I'm
> curious if this is something that we should be thinking about.....
>
> Any comments are appreciated...
>
> Meghan Carter
> Deputy Administrator, Dept of Health Policy and Mgmt
> School of Public Health
> Johns Hopkins University
>
>
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