As of March 31, 1999

Customized Applications
Of the four major applications being tracked (three minor ones will be fixed by June, and are not being tracked or reported on), work continues on two, one is complete, and work on one (employee leave tracking) has not been started, due to its low priority.

During March, remediation work and fifty percent of testing work was completed on the Departmental budgeting system, and Z3L Conversion Consultants, Inc. was hired, at a cost of $7,500, to fix the Publications sales and billing system and convert it to FoxPro (work will begin in April).

Research Equipment
A project lead for inventory and assessment of research equipment has been appointed. Faculty members were briefed, in a meeting on March 25th, concerning Y2K issues in general for their research equipment, and their questions were answered. The project lead, with assistance from the department chair, is working on assembling a team to conduct the inventory of research equipment, with a target completion date of May 21.

Computers
Computers were grouped, and four project leaders assigned (to the six groups). Target dates have been set for completion of work for applications, hardware, and operating systems, by the end of September. Work on data (spreadsheets, etc.) will largely be delegated to faculty and staff employees.

Building Alarm and Access Control Systems
The department's share of costs for upgrading the centrally-linked card key access system in Highrise Hall is $25,000. Discussions have been held with the Dean of the Division of Boolean Logic, and a budget augmentation request has been submitted. Per discussion with the UCPD, the upgrade is tentatively scheduled for the July-September period.

Networking Equipment
Equipment assessment was completed on March 29. Only one item ( a router) was identified as a problem; it needs a software upgrade. Upgrade is available at no cost.

Administrative Equipment
A survey of administrative equipment was completed on March 25, 1999, by the department MSO. The department has several fax machines, VCRs, and other pieces of administrative equipment that are not Y2K compliant Minor fixes are needed, particularly for the credit card machines and cash registers in the Museum. Funding is not an issue. Fax machines and VCRs will not be fixed; the date function is not important.

Leased Buildings
One unit of the department, the Museum, is located in leased space. The deputy Curator has been identified to Real Estate Services as the liaison for the department for this leased building. Real Estate Services is responsible for the Y2K compliance of the building systems in leased buildings.

Supplies and Services
The department uses fairly large supplies of crytium, a chemical purchased from a European supplier approximately monthly. Orders placed in October, November, and December (delivery time is usually about two weeks) will be twice as large as usual. That will mean that as of January 1, 2000, there will be approximately three months supply on hand.

Faculty members have been asked to identify any critical needs and make arrangements with the purchasing unit in the department to ensure that an interruption in supplies in January 2000 will not impact instruction or research. Faculty members have been asked to bring any storage space or funding issues to the attention of the MSO, if possible by July 31st.