Taskforce 2000 launch new on-line information network

A new public service designed to give up-to-date millennium information was launched yesterday afternoon.

Taskforce 2000, which has for the past three years bemoaned the lack of information available to the general public, has taken the bull by the horns and compiled a website of global information on Y2K problems.

Andrew Hull, assistant director of Taskforce 2000, the independent Y2K watchdog, said: "This new online information network tries to respond to the many requests for information that we have had. There is currently no gateway to information across the world. We aim to change this."

The website, which includes a 'Naming and Faming' section, encourages companies to register if they are Y2K complaint. Although there is no independent audit of this carried out by Taskforce 2000, director Robin Guenier advised that it was in companies' own interest to tell the truth as any untruth would be discovered eventually. It is hoped that this site will highlight those companies which are compliant and will encourage others to follow in their footsteps.

Other features include a page dedicated to Y2K problems encountered to date and links to hundreds of sites worldwide. Taskforce 2000's purpose with this launch is to provide the public and businesses with usable information about the millennium problem.

The website can be found at www.taskforce2000.co.uk

Julie Crisp