Notice Required by the Y2K Act To Establish a Small Business Liaison

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30638]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice Required by the Y2K Act To Establish a Small Business 
Liaison

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 18(b) of the Y2K Act, Public Law 106-37, 
106 Stat. 185 (1999), to be published at 15 U.S.C. 6617, the Department 
of Justice designates Joseph K. Bryan, Director, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), as the point of contact 
between the Department and small businesses which qualify as small 
business concerns under the Act, with respect to problems arising out 
of Y2K failures and resulting violations of Federal rules or 
regulations. Mr. Bryan can be reached on (202) 616-0521 or 1-800-345-
3712.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 1999 through December 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph K. Bryan, Director, OSDBU, 
Department of Justice, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 1010, 
Washington, D.C. 20530; telephone number 1-800-345-3712; fax number 
(202) 616-1717.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Y2K Act provides for a suspension of 
penalties for a ``first-time'' violation of certain Federally 
enforceable rules or regulations, during the year 2000, where the 
violation was the result of a year 2000 failure, certain waiver 
standards are met, and no similar violation occurred during the last 
three years. Certain exceptions apply. For purposes of this Act, a 
``small business concern'' is defined as an unincorporated business, a 
partnership, corporation, association, or organization, with fewer than 
50 full-time employees.
    The Y2K Act defines ``Y2K failure'' as failure by any device or 
system (including any computer system and any microchip or integrated 
circuit embedded in another device or product), or any software, 
firmware, or other set or collections of processing instructions to 
process, calculate, compare, sequence, display, store, transmit, or 
receive Year 2000 date-related data. This definition specifically 
includes failures to:
    (1) Deal with or account for transitions or comparisons from, into, 
and between the years 1999 and 2000 accurately;
    (2) Recognize or process accurately any specific date in 1999, 
2000, or 2001; or
    (3) Account accurately for the year 2000's status as a leap year, 
including recognition and processing of the correct date of February 
29, 2000.

    Dated: November 8, 1999.
Stephen R. Colgate,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-30638 Filed 11-23-99; 8:45 am]
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