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MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS
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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 3 -
DIRECTING ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND/OR
CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND OTHER
INSTRUMENTALITIES TO MAKE ALL THEIR COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
YEAR 2000 (Y2K) COMPLIANT
WHEREAS, there exists the millennium bug or
the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem arising from using two digits instead of
four digits to show the year in computer systems and applications, and
which at the turn of the century will show 00 for the year 2000 and be
interpreted as year 1900;
WHEREAS, the millennium bug or the Y2K problem will create serious
problems inherent in computer software and hardware systems; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for all government agencies and offices to
identify all critical application systems affected by the year 2000
date change and to undertake precautionary and corrective measures to
ensure the internal readiness of computer systems and
applications.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH E. ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Sec. 2.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 31st day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety Eight.
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