SBA Offers Help on ‘Millennium Bug’ Issues

The U.S. Small Business Administration has created a 24-hour help line to provide information by fax on ways to avoid year 2000 computer problems.

Those interested can call toll-free (877) 789-2565.

The SBA also has information about the so-called “Y2K” computer bug on its Web site: https://www.sba.gov/y2k/, and at its toll-free “Answer Desk” line at (800) 827-5722.

Posted on the Web page is a self-assessment test that business owners can take to determine their risk of problems with computer hardware, software and data chips when internal clocks and calendars roll over on Jan. 1, 2000.