The year 2000 challenge: a real risk to your locality.
The year 2000 problem presents considerable liability risks for federal, state, and local governments, other than those related to interruptions in service delivery. Risks include potential contractual exposure, constitutional litigation, and, in some cases, tort exposure. This means potentially s...
| Publicado en: | Public Management (00333611) Vol. 80; no. 8; pp. 4 - 12 |
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International City
August 1998
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| Sumario: | The year 2000 problem presents considerable liability risks for federal, state, and local governments, other than those related to interruptions in service delivery. Risks include potential contractual exposure, constitutional litigation, and, in some cases, tort exposure. This means potentially spending large amounts of money on defending an organization against class-action suits while suing to recover damages from noncompliant vendors for failure to perform. Advice is presented on how governments can avoid the potential difficulties posed by the year 2000 problem. |
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