Underlying this dismal [overall] grade is a disturbing slow-down in the government's rate of progress, ... For the quarter ending Feb. 15, the government brought mission-critical systems into compliance at a rate of 9.4%; for the quarter that ended May 15, the rate of progress slowed to 7.9%. This would be discouraging in any context. Less than a year before the March 1999 (government) deadline for Y2K repairs, a reduction in productivity is deeply troubling. This trend must be reversed.
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