Year 2000 Computing Challenge Lessons Learned Can Be Applied to Other Management Challenges

The Year 2000 (Y2K) challenge was a major test of the nation's ability to protect our computer systems & the critical operations & infrastructures they support. The government successful met the Y2K challenge. However, major mgmt. challenges remain in areas such as computer security & critical infrastructure protection. This report (1) identifies lessons the federal government has learned from Y2K applicable to improving federal information technology (IT) mgmt., (2) identifies lessons that individual agencies can apply to mgmt. of future IT initiatives, & (3) discusses how the momentum generated by the government's Y2K efforts can be sustained.Willemssen, Joel C. is the author of 'Year 2000 Computing Challenge Lessons Learned Can Be Applied to Other Management Challenges' with ISBN 9780756708733 and ISBN 0756708737.