From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac0d4971a4f38c0d,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." Subject: CFCSEIC News Briefs Week Ending April 10, 1998(Y2k Problems) Date: 1998/04/12 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980412120019.007dec10@mail.4dcomm.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 343387439 Sender: Ada programming language Comments: cc: ara@ocsystems.com, TEAM-ADA@ACM.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rleif@mail.4dcomm.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: To: CFCSEIC, Readers of Comp.Lang.Ada, and Team-Ada From: Bob Leif, Ph.D. Below are described the necessity for paying premium salaries "to attract and retain programmers familiar with COBOL and FORTRAN". This generates the question, Has anyone found a Y2k, year 2000, problem in Ada? It would be of significant use to obtain statistics on the existence of these problems. Even if no Y2k problems are found in Ada, there still will be costs because it is prudent to check for them. My second question is, If significant year Y2k problems are found in a project written in a language other than Ada during the Ada mandate period, is DoD taking any action to hold anyone responsible for these added costs? And lastly, Did any of the software vendors on these projects make any warranty expressly or implied that the language selected was appropriate for the project? CFCSEIC published in Comp.Lang.Ada: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- "OPM CHANGES RULES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN Y2K PROGRAMMERS Topic: Y2k According to an article in the Apr. 6 edition of Federal Computer Week, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced that it would let agencies supplement the salaries of programmers working on Y2k projects, and waive rules that limit salaries of retired programmers who return to government work. Programmers who are doing work that is considered necessary to avert threats to life or property, including monetary losses, would be eligible for "premium pay". Agencies who obtain OPM permission would be able to hire back retirees for programming jobs at full pay. OPM's new policy is designed to attract and retain programmers familiar with COBOL and FORTRAN. According to a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee aide, lawmakers are hoping that the agencies will use the "flexibilities" offered by the new policy to help address the Y2k problem. Olga Grkavac, a Sr. V.P. with the Information Technology Association of America's System Integration Division, believes that OPM's decision sends "a powerful message that a potential emergency is at hand", but feels "this move may be too little too late." According to OPM, the new policy for hiring retirees applies only to retired civilian workers or regular military officers, not to military enlisted personnel or reserve officers." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------