HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 43
(By Delegates Douglas, Collins, Angotti, Azinger, Butcher,
Caputo, Everson, Flanigan, Hatfield, Kuhn, Louisos, Manchin,
Marshall, McGraw, Modesitt, Overington, Perdue, Prunty, J. Smith,
L. Smith, Stalnaker, Tucker, Varner, H. K. White, and Willison)
Requesting that state agencies, constitutional offices, boards,
commissions, counties, and municipalities assess and correct
their year two thousand compliance problems in systems
identified to be mission-critical systems not later than the
first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
Whereas, The State of West Virginia and its counties and
municipalities have multi-million-dollar investments in numerous
information technology systems and equipment providing services
to the public and improving public safety for all West
Virginians; and
Whereas, The year two thousand problem threatens all computer
systems and automated systems worldwide because previous date
standards represent years with only two digits instead of four,
failing to recognize dates beyond the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine, thus creating a system malfunction when the
new millennium arrives; and
Whereas, The effectiveness of West Virginia's computer systems and automated systems are at risk from the year two
thousand problem, and unless immediate action is taken, many of
these systems with mission-critical applications will fail; and
Whereas, This Legislature recognizes that the year two
thousand problem needs to be approached proactively and
aggressively to ensure a heightened level of compliance during
the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine; and
Whereas, The complex nature of the problem facing agencies,
constitutional offices, boards, commissions, counties, and
municipalities requires a significant amount of time to detect
year two thousand dating flaws, to devise solutions and to
adequately test information systems; and
WHEREAS
, Quality assurance activities, coordinated with
testing, should include inspections, reviews, system walk- throughs, and a defect prevention process to verify that a
mission-critical system is sound; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That all state agencies, constitutional offices, boards,
commissions, counties and municipalities should develop policies
and procedures that will promote year two thousand compliance not
later than the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine; and that the policies and procedures developed
should allow for sufficient time for testing these systems; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
is hereby directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the
department of administration, The governor's office of
technology, the association of counties, the municipal league and
the state information services and communication division.