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To: John Hunt who wrote (529)	9/7/1999 5:20:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) of 662

Government to test Y2K defenses << White House officials are preparing a millennium war room to monitor possible disasters from around the country and the world stemming from the year 2000 computer glitch. The $40 million Information Coordination Center will get started this week with limited tests built around possible computer malfunctions associated with the date 9-9-99 - Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999. Few computer problems are expected, but officials at the center and at ancillary emergency data centers elsewhere in Washington plan to use the date for a millennium trial run. The federal government is mobilizing what could be the largest peacetime emergency response effort in U.S. history to deal with the main event - Jan. 1, 2000. >> ... cont'd at ... year2000.dallasnews.com << After further tests in October and November, the center will become fully operational Thursday, Dec. 30. It will remain in business until March, or after the leap year date of Feb. 29, 2000, to ensure federal readiness if other computer problems occur, Mr. Koskinen said. >> Sure are making lots of preparations for a 3 day storm ... Maybe he meant a 3 month storm. < ggg >

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