Kendra S. Horn: “This is truly a bipartisan effort. It is nonpartisan. It is the old story of the city manager movement. Garbage is not…”

“This is truly a bipartisan effort. It is nonpartisan. It is the old story of the city manager movement. Garbage is not Democrat or Republican, it simply has to be removed from the streets, and that is exactly the way we have all worked together on this. I particularly appreciate the input made by Assistant to the President John Koskinen, who is coordinating this effort within the Executive Branch. This legislation is designed to be helpful, not just to add another report. Afterall, we just rid ourselves of 132 of them a few minutes ago. Let me note a few findings that the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology found in its report that was approved by the full committee last week and will be printed this week. The Federal Government is not on track to complete necessary Year 2000 preparations before January 1, 2000. Some state and local governments are lagging in Year 2000 repairs and in many cases lack reliable information on their Year 2000 status. The Year 2000 status of basic infrastructure services--including electricity, telecommunications, water and sewage--is largely unknown. Embedded microchips are difficult to find, difficult to test, and can lead to unforeseen failures.”