CalPERS Finishes Year 2000 Milestone, First Set Of Files Get Upgraded

SACRAMENTO, California--The California Public Employees Retirement System, better known as CalPERS and the single largest state pension plan in the US, finished the first stage of overhauling its personal computer applications last month. So far, eight of the plan's personal computer applications have been upgraded, and work remains on another 64 programs.

CalPERS began its Year 2000 project in July 1996 with an agenda written by the chief of its information technology services division, Mitz