Y2K
In January of 1998 the swedish government established a commission to consider
the issues involved in getting its systems and hardware Year 2000 compliant.
During autumn 1996, the IT Commission, an
advisory body to the Government on IT issues that falls under the Ministry of Transport
and Communications, began its task of alerting people to, and increasing awareness of, the
year 2000 problem.
In January 1997, the Government decided to introduce the Ordinance concerning review of
the information systems of government agencies prior to the year 2000.
The Ordinance, which came into force on February 15, 1997 and remains in force until the
end of 1999, requires the agencies under government control to prepare an analysis of the
technical adaptations that are required in preparation for the transition to the year 2000
in the information systems that are crucially important for their own operations or those
of other organizations. Those agencies that fulfill a supervisory role are also required
to prepare a report assessing the adaptation measures within their area of supervision.
Agencies that are directly under government control are required to prepare a composite
analysis of the agencies under their control. In conjunction with their analyses, agencies
must each prepare a plan for performing the adaptations needed. The Swedish Agency for
Administrative Development assists with this work by providing advice and methodological
support for the agencies’ analysis and adaptation efforts.
The Swedish Agency for Administrative Development is responsible for continuously
submitting composite analyses of adaptation measures undertaken by public agencies to the
Government.
The Central Bank of Sweden as part of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision
reviewed the need for Y2K compliance. Here is the document (in PDF format) they produced
explaining the problem and what is needed for compliancy
