Then, in early June, the White House's Year 2000 office will begin traveling to communities to promote town hall-like meetings that will bring together local officials, citizens and service providers for discussions on potential Year 2000 failures.

CNN: Y2K czar to put on town meeting roadshow

It may lead to suggestions that the full extent of the failures of the health service in caring for Peter has been withheld from public view.

BBC: Baby P examination details 'ignored' by official report

For example, the National Air Traffic Service, which has presided over one of the worst computer-procurement failures at its much-delayed Swanwick control centre, is outside parliamentary audit.

ECONOMIST: Government