Software upgrades Threads

• Upgrading LIMS Technology Brings Strategic Decisions
• New FBI Software May Be Unusable
• Canada - Toronto Police struggle to salvage eCOPS project
• CO - New appointee mends computer mess at city hall
• A dirty tale of duplications
• Canada - Toronto Police struggle to salvage eCOPS project
• HP order system chaos to continue throughout August
• MFI gets caught in SAP trap
• IN - Computer problem keeps IU students from accessing aid
• OR - Billing problems ripple throughout Water Bureau
• OR - Beaverton plans shift in software
• Ford dumps $200m Oracle system
• LA - Amato might replace computer network
• Past Tense
• FL - Court fee revamp goes smoothly
• IN - Criminal records lacking
• When profit's not the only goal
• Brash bid prompted soft-touch resistance
• PA - County wants to postpone voter registry implementation
• CA - Santa Cruz valuation error
• Registration faults addressed
• AZ - Radio bond question: Needed fix or bailout?
• NV - DMV skids to halt after computer glitch
• Korea - Software Glitch Paralyzes BOK Online Network
• Canada - Computer misread kidney tests
• IL - Taking IT to the Street
• OH - PeopleSoft sued for $510m over vapourware
• PA - Northampton County hires computer software consultant
• UK - Soham inquiry police left in the dark after rushed Y2K project
• NM - Bernalillo County Books Finally Balance
• IN - Problems exist with city's books
• FL - After arrests, firings, ticket probe closed
• FL - Broward school system's computer network described as outdated, flawed
• FL - St. Lucie traffic clerk not allowed back to work yet
• WA - Liquor agency's contract in jeopardy
• MI - Water officials face grilling
• Timing is Everything
• LA - Court improves ticket reporting
• Y2K bug back to haunt St. Lucie traffic offenders
• WA - County to pay millions in 2 suits
• Onvoy's call tracking is questioned
• healthcare's dangerous lag in Y2K remediation
• PA - Bus agency wasted $561K
• Millions wasted at MARTA
• FUSD gets $1.1M budget windfall
• NV - Senate moves to fix costly radio foul-up
• British Gas 'fails to bill customers'
• BC - Auditor finds $85m blowout in police computers
• SAP in the firing line
• IN - Too many tax checks, not enough balances
• PA - County finds it owes more for overtime
• WA - City Light is still plagued by quirky meter readings
• UK - HBOS fined over computer faults
• IA - D.M. police reduce delays in sending officers to help
• OR - FBI investigating hospital
• Y2K budget bad deal for Montana
• NH - School Administrative Unit 29 to replace faulty software
• OR - Audit finds errors in PERS checks
• CA - State probes Vets Home billing foul-up
• MT - State must scrap failing DOR computer system
• MI - Water billing system to be replaced in massive technology overhaul
• CO - GarCo treasurer candidates clash over ’99 audit problems
• UK - Taxman wrongly pays out £80m in rebates
• GA - Paying for the past
• SC - DMV error names 4-year-old as driver
• CO - GarCo treasurer candidates clash over ’99 audit problems
• SC - Some car tax bills may have mistakes
• TX - Hospital software hits a snag
• Navy computer upgrade buffeted
• TX - Brazoria lowers deficit estimate
• GA - Car tax notices may be wrong
• SC - DMV riles auditors
• FL - Computer gives 186 inmates extra bucks
• MD - Stats reveal violent crimes up to highest in four years
• FL - Brevard commissioners rip clerk of court's upkeep
• MD - Crime hits four-year high in '01
• FL - LCEC corrects billing problem
• CO - School Teacher Earns $26 Million An Hour
• FL - After $273 million NASA scraps project
• WA - County spends $4M on computer upgrade
• OR - Water Bureau hiring to fix billing
• NM - Error blamed for loss of County tax revenue
• UK - Hospital defends death rate figures
• GA - Assessing the damage
• SC - Hodges orders grace period for expired drivers licenses- registrations
• FL - Hotel's sewer bill backs up
• NY - A sad fact of regional life
• UK - CSA computer system £50m over budget
• DMV reopens to same old gridlock
• UK - Swanwick systems not robust say MPs
• WI - Blame difficult to pinpoint for joint dispatch problems
• AK - State Was Preparing For The Worst
• CO - Detroit Finance System Sputters after Overhaul
• AU - Price row hits police IT systems
• SC - DMV overhaul to shut down offices
• CA - County settles its computer dispute with contractor
• SC - DMV offices close for system upgrade
• OH - State awards contract for child support system
• N.C. delays new system for testing vehicle emissions
• AK - AASIS Allows Illegal Payments
• FL - School Board questions Till's tech plan
• NV - Costs explained to fix police computer system
• MD - Computer fix to be on time, Russo tells U.S. judge
• KS - Municipal Court judge resigns
• FL - Errors swell payroll debt by $700,000
• FL - Commissioner silent on software: Burden voted against '99 buy
• MD - Balto. Co. police late on crime statistics
• IN - Court pleads for recall of erroneous checks
• NY - college failing to comply with general municipal law
• MI - Detroit behind on back pay
• TX - Utility billing outrages panel
• Nestle's ERP Odyssey
• VA - Gas bill error affects thousands
• MI - Computer ills inhibit agency enforcement
• MI - Macomb sheriff's department may have lost all computerized photos
• TX - Utility billing outrages panel
• MO - Jackson County tax assessments flawed
• FL - Sheriff's office ponders computer upgrade
• PA - City 911 disabled, backup also fails
• CA - Food Stamp Errors Cost State Dearly
• CA - County holds back funds to contractor on tech upgrade
• PA - Title search bug
• NC - Squad won't pay for underbilling of gas
• PA - Computer glitches still not solved
• MI - Official says Highland Park can be saved
• Let's stop wasting $78 billion a year
• MT - Panel advises state to shelve part of flawed computer system
• FL - Cities owe Brevard $1.4 million
• AU - Another IT hitch for RMIT
• WA - Bad bills: Is pricey City Light computer to blame
• IL - Visclosky requests money for Lake, Porter county law enforcement
• NV - Electric rate problems causing headaches
• CA - County computers might need new upgrade
• NC - Insurer has '01 net income of $266,182
• Hanssen helps FBI tighten loopholes in security
• OH - Good man, tough job
• PA - Prothonotary faces threat of lawsuit over backlog
• UK - Thousands paid too much tax after computer error
• YSU to get $1.5 million from state
• IA - Ottumwa library struggles to overcome declining revenue
• MI - Detroit's costly system doesn't compute
• Vermont Close to Cleaning Out Bugs
• DC - DMV's facility works rapidly
• NH - Crime victims waiting for checks
• MO - Electric refunds coming to some Monett customers
• PA - Tax mix up irks officials
• What happens when a school system expels its mainframe
• CONSERVATION DISTRICT FAULTED FOR OVERBILLING THREE GRANTS
• Andersen Settles With Department 56
• Audit Questions IRS Computer Upgrade
• WA - Court-fine foulups blamed on budget cuts
• MA - College audit shows ongoing weakness
• CO - Qwest fails to bill 64,000 Internet customers
• MI - City's finance department: Better or worse?
• OR - CITY HALL SMACK DOWN
• NZ - Southern Cross clears backlog but loses customers
• Glitch denying benefits
• CA - MID's Y2K fix didn't last very long
• CO - Youth Treatment Centers Criticized
• Police department replacing failed software
• UK - Danville will spend $25,000 to upgrade computer system
• GA: Tenet Healthcare Corp. Spends $30 Million
• IL - District finds error in budget
• Wash. Liquor System Hit by Glitches
• IN - License-renewal notices may be late
• VA - Unpaid parking tickets costing Fairfax about $2.9M
• PA - Assessment system still less than appealing
• Maryland - Computer glitch leftover from Y2K still hampers city government
• UK - More errors blamed on exam board
• UK - Tax shortfall blamed on software error
• UK - Schroders admits to profits bungle
• AK - Late Checks Blamed On Workers, Not Computers
• FL - Pasco to update traffic studies
• MI - Tax collectors provide lesson
• SA - Solomon Not to Blame for Siltek Downfall
• Dollar General Faces Shareholders
• Ireland - GCSE marking system 'needs upgrade'
• Connecticut - Bidding open on Seymour software
• The check's in the mail, and that's the problem
• Consumer group raps PacBell billing
• Doctors irked by states' tactics on Medicaid fraud
• Fl - Brevard clerk clears criminal case backlog
• MA - Computer 'meltdown' deletes data on missing woman, police say
• Canada - Don't bury MFP contract details
• MO - Audit faults Shields, county Software glitch led to tax billing errors
• Battered but unbowed, CMGI chairman still has swagger
• Managers blamed for 911 problems
• COMPUTER GLITCHES STILL IMPEDE COUNTY TAX COLLECTION
• MI - Automotive Supplier Files Ch. 11f
• DC - Corrected Gas Bills On the Way
• WISCONSIN BUDGET
• NJ - St. Joe's seeks contract for ER
• CO - Tax software taxes city budget Millions in overruns blamed on glitches with programming
• Adventures in Medicare Billing
• AU - Errors in payroll system caused teacher overpayments
• Missouri Office of Public Counsel chief is retiring
• Toronto - City to audit contract for Y2K experts
• MI - New state child support program upsets
• Bankrupt Highland Park lays off all workers
• WA - City court to drop 21,000 warrants for cases before 1994
• Hospital unlikely to lay off more staff
• Enron unleashes more US horror
• New Kansas child-support system shakes off dismal start
• Suit over diabetes device settled
• AU - Ache of tax teething problems won't go away
• WA - New oversight office for Indian trust fund to be created
• MI - Firm to pay for propane overcharges
• Clinical IT vendors primed for push
• NJ - Ex-Verizon worker sued for return of unearned pay
• MO - Acting Jackson County assessment director resigns
• Colo. HMO reports phantom profit as growth outpaces accounting system
• MI - Wheel Maker Hayes Lemmerz Cuts Jobs
• SA - Solomon Not to Blame for Siltek Downfall, Says Distributor
• AU - Call for independent review of electricity billing
• AU - Utilities warned to improve billing practices
• W.Va. system to sell troubled hospital to Community
• AK: Arkansas Computer system causing city woes
• WA: County computer project's accounting deemed OK
• NV: Computer upgrade at DMV is disaster that keeps on giving
• MI: Mental health center to slash $14 million
• Portland Water Bureau Billing Snafu Could Get Worse
• Sacramento Briefing: Health Net pays $100,000 fine
• Mattson cuts Q2 results due to bookkeeping error
• OH: Cleveland still spending Y2K funds
• PA: Sabre's systems ditched
• MS: Unhappy Clients Bite Back
• MI: Health unit seeks break from contractor
• Y2K bites Oregons phone billing plan
• As Medical Bill Error Reports Rise
• TX: City could face lawsuits over payroll software bids
• Canada: Military scraps $65M computer project
• WV - Oracle computers up and running, but not perfect
• Nordstrom posts 15% loss but says problems are past
• CA: Utility billing disputes increasing
• Indian trust computer system unreliable
• Ancient computer system hampers agency's efforts
• AU: Coles set to take ALG case to court
• CA - No Risk Seen in Radio Glitches
• Virginia Taxpayers Still Await Refunds
• Internet bank records wiped after upgrade fiasco
• MI: Phone woes persist for Oak Park
• England: TAXPAYERS HIT BY REVENUE CHAOS
• Nebraska Cattle Producers Ask Congress For Help On Price Reporting Glitch
• AR - Late paycheck brings trouble for state worker
• VT - Auditor: State to blame for tax mess
• NZ: Computer Glitch Hits WINZ
• WA: Some in dark on utilities' new billing system
• AZ: Public-safety communication
• NY - Audit: Vienna water billings in disarray
• CANADA - New service for disabled plagued with glitches
• WA - County may retry software
• SC - Delayed fines mailed to Cross Island toll skippers
• Spare parts, sparer accounting
• Safety-Kleen cleans up fiscal report
• FL:System glitch spurs wake-up calls in the night
• You Owe Yourself to Look Out for Billing Errors
• Mistakes Cut Social Security Benefits
• NJ: Vote totals for Bergen sheriff revised
• GE: State may replace Stanford 9 exams
• CA: County officials select new child support director
• IL: Bungled billing system conversions are plaguing the hospital industry
• AL - Mayor: 'Glitch' caused shortfall in Trinity funds
• UK - Criminal justice computer scheme delayed
• Sobeys tries to put $49M software charge behind it
• Code Blue
• Va. Tax Refunds Taking Slow Route
• SA: Electricity crisis deepens
• AZ - Pima County returning property tax overcharges
• MA: Funding belies hospital crisis
• DOD catches up with payroll glitch
• OR: Water Billing Solution Goes Down the Drain
• WA: IRS flub rattles taxpayers: Late-payment notices sent despite quake extension
• MI: Medicare: Mental health care flawed
• MI: Gaming board charges slot maker didn't report glitches
• Kansas counted some on-time 1998 tax payments as late
• AU: Powercor racks up the most complaints, again
• NV: Mix-up revokes car registrations
• OH: Akron crime figures missing
• FL: Human Factor Was at Core Of Vote Fiasco
• OH: It’s broken, so fix it
• OH: Airport to upgrade safety system
• GE: AGL to shut off 4,000 more customers
• Paperwork Problems At Payson Blood Bank Irk FDA Regulators
• NY: Computers causing headaches for drivers
• AU: Government overquotes pensions payout by $67m
• NY: DMV Insurance Confusion
• OH: Attempt to computerize fails
• CA: Paying Later
• SF: Airport's arrival-departure boards go haywire
• Scotland: 200 cases from SQA fiasco still not settled
• Congress Worried About FBI Computer
• D.C. Financial Management Woes
• CA: 911 Glitch Sent Help to Wrong City
• New Mexico County's computer problem
• WA - Things picking up at crime agency
• NJ: Insurance verification study
• NM: DODGE THOSE Y2K BARRELS
• Database problem shuts down Walmart.com for nine hours
• OH: Stow man can't believe agency's 15-cent bill
• Scotland: SQA sacks expert over leak
• OH: Back payment lawsuit
• OH: Child support: Is worst over?
• Paying the price for Y2K
• OH: Job and family services spending for consultants soars
• Michigan's $327 million computer system fails
• Mars lunar probe, once declared a loss, is reportedly seen safe and sound
• NV: EDITORIAL: DMV lines
• IL: New delay for child-support system
• OH: Parma hospital works at improving standards
• Chicago: Utility can't overestimate trouble errors can cause
• NY: Chapter 11 snags one more: N.Y.'s Crouse Hospital will not close, merge or sell
• IL: Northwestern U. looking to ease degree monitoring
• GE: City skipped bids on $10 million deal
• Some users of SAP's retail software still hitting installation bumps
• SAP Conversion Causing Headaches for Fabric Retailer
• WA: Sewer 'improvement' is a real drain
• NE: Audit finds problems with systems
• SA: Metropolitan Council Battles With Finances
• Telocity Blames Outages on Upgrade Problems
• Alabama corrections chief answers questions about breakout
• OH: Glitch leaves schools cash poor
• WI: 2,300 property taxpayers receive extra bill
• AT&T BLAMES SEC FILING SNAFU ON COMPUTER ERROR
• NM: Water Billers Seek Reprieve
• TX: High cost of golf project exasperates city officials
• OR: City water billing woes mount
• NM: County Battles Software Ruling
• OH: Computer error hides Jeep mishaps
• UK - Taxman holds his tongue over £18m error
• Alberta: Bottom line on rebates is on utility bills
• CO: Medicaid deal to help 40,000
• Sunbeam Plans to Reorganize
• Canada: A METERING MESS IN FORT MCMURRAY
• OH: State faces fine over child support delays
• OH: Consumers fighting back
• DC: DMV Bears Down on Collection Agency
• WA: North Seattle CC still reels from budget blunder
• MN: Officials vow school test problems won't be repeated
• OH: CITY TO START TURNING OFF WATER
• OH: Billion-dollar debt could make PGW a tough sell
• NM: City Water Director Resigning
• NV: REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE:
• Canada: Software hangover staggers Sobeys stock
• AK: Computer error delays car-tag renewal notices
• FL: Crystal River finances praised by
• GE: Child-care providers feel funding crunch
• AK: State behind $152,000 in payments for group aiding disabled
• GE: Child welfare computer still on the blink
• Mich: Support checks in mail after FOC computer glitch fixed
• OH: State regulatory boards will now have to wait until July S
• Rite Aid's stock up as losses decline
• OH: State's handling of child support faulted
• CO: Only late and over budget? For big software, not bad
• BT HQ hit by phone outage
• NZ: Winz regrets letter mistake
• PA: Did glitch in data put at-risk species on hit list?
• OH: Child-support troubles worsen
• NM: PNM Hands 40,000 Bills to Collection Agencies
• OH: Y2K quick fixes spark new upgrades
• Utah: Y2K: A Year Later, Lessons Linger
• CA: Wrong MDs Got Patient Records Psychiatric privacy violated
• IL: State fixing glitch in license software
• MO: Jackson County puts corrected personal property tax bills in the mail
• NM: Medical Lab Recovering From Rough Start
• MI: State cancels contract to expand child support computer system
• AK: UAMS chief cites progress on billing, collection problems
• AZ: St. Joe's offers workers buyouts
• PA: How the state lost track of 99 species
• GA: City $30 million short on garbage
• WA: Backlog of DNA samples freezes out crime fighters
• CO: Fiscal fix has big costs for city
• FL: Jail's booking backlog reduced, BSO reports
• Recent Y2K glitches from GICC
• Kraft Foods Recalls Taco Bell Taco Shells that Contain Corn not Approved for Human Consumption
• Software upgrades