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4 <br />Mainframe software currently in modification and testing includes: <br />Software <br />Modifications <br />Testing <br />System <br />Completed <br />Status <br />Notes <br />Health <br />Y <br />November <br />Developed with <br />compliant. procedures. <br />Testing .required. <br />Planning <br />Y <br />October <br />Modifications complete. <br />Testing required: <br />Purchasing <br />Y <br />October <br />Modifications complete. <br />Testing required. <br />Animal Control. <br />Y <br />November <br />Modifications complete. <br />Testing required. <br />Town of Carrboro <br />N <br />October <br />Modifications <br />Financial and <br />underway. Testing. . <br />Personnel Systems <br />required: <br />Some applications have been or will be converted from mainframe software <br />environments'to network systems, which resolves Y2K issues in the process. <br />The Boards and Commissions database system has been converted and tested <br />The Board Minutes system will be converted by'November. <br />117-M I 11 <br />The countywide data network and connections to State systems and the Internet <br />have been 'upgraded as part of the, ongoing strategic IT Plan. Hardware and <br />software elements are certified compliant or have been confirmed to not involve <br />Y2K issues. <br />Desktop Systems and Network Applications <br />'By late. October, all PCs will have been replace'with Y2K- compliant equipment <br />under the strategic IT Plan desktop initiative. We will, however, use network <br />based Y2K scanning software to scan all PCs, PC applications and data files for <br />Y2K issues. This software, a standard used by the State technology organization; <br />will detect any anomalies and identify. Y2K issues. Due to the new technology in <br />place we expect few Y2K issues to arise. Any unusual cases identified will be <br />resolved using software corrections deployed over the network.' <br />