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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (6934)	7/22/1999 5:33:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'....(Senator) Bennett concurs. "Well I think it's always a wise idea to have a little extra food and water on hand. You could get through Y2K just fine and still have an ice storm. We had that here in the Washington area last year. The power was gone for two weeks in some service areas, and there was some difficulty getting supplies into stores and so on, so a little extra food and water I think is always a good idea. "If you go to the ice storm, the effects of that storm weren't cleared up for two weeks. In some areas it was over in 24 hours. Some places didn't even notice it. So look at your own situation and make your own choice. I'm going to try to have a little more than two weeks. ... cbnnow.com

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (6934)	7/22/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

' Preparing to write this essay, I asked the following question of some of the Y2K Experts I know: "If you could make every CEO/CIO/CFO/VP-IT in your country read between one and five documents to help them to really understand Y2K -- the problem, its complexity, its intractability, and its possible consequences -- what would they be?" Confined to what's readily available on the World Wide Web, here are some of the answers I received: U.S. Senate's Y2K Committee Report (March 2, 1999) Year 2000 Technical Information Focus Group Open Letter to Congress on Year 2000 Liability Legislation (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) The Year 2000 Problem and the Global Trading System (International Trade Administration, U.S/ Department of Commerce) Year 2000 Recession? (Dr. Edward Yardeni) Year 2000 International Security Dimension Project (U.S. Naval War College) Year 2000 Contigency Plan (U.S. National Retail Federation) Y2K and our Computer Dependency (Ed Meagher) Nature Cannot Be Fooled (Dale W. Way) Community Y2K Preparedness: Is There News They Can Use? (testimonies at U.S. Senate's Y2K committee hearing on preparedness, May 25, 1999) Transcript of CBS' "60 Minutes" Y2K segment (May 23, 1999) ... y2ktimebomb.com

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (6934)	7/22/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. June 9, 1999 An Open Letter To: To: Members, Senate Commerce, Science And Transportation Committee; Members, Special Senate Committee On The Year 2000 Technology Problem Members, House of Representatives, Com. on Science, Subcom. on Technology Members, Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology Sponsors, "Year 2000 Readiness and Responsibility Act of 1999" (H.R. 775) CC: Mr. John Koskinen RE: Year 2000 Liability Legislation FROM: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Technical Activities Board, Year 2000 Technical Information Focus Group Dear Honorable Senators, Congressmen and Congresswomen, As leaders of the Y2K effort of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the oldest and largest international non-profit association of engineers and computer scientists in the world, we would like to offer some thoughts on the pending legislation involving Y2K liability obtained from our years of work and collective wisdom spent studying Y2K. The IEEE has drafted an Institute position on Y2K Legal Liability regarding United States federal law, to which our committee greatly contributed. We offer these additional thoughts in hopes that they may further assist your understanding as you attempt to reconcile two very valid but conflicting underlying public policy goals in structuring and passing the Year 2000 Liability Legislation currently under consideration. MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO THE ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE: minimize the overall damage to the nation's economy and quality of life by reducing the need of organizations to redirect their limited resources away from the task of maintaining their operations in the face of Y2K in order to defend themselves from lawsuits arising from alleged Y2K failures. MAXIMIZE INCENTIVE FOR Y2K FAILURE PREVENTION: maximize the incentive of every organization to prevent Y2K failures as well as preserve the legal rights and remedies available for those seeking legitimate redress for wrongs they may suffer resulting from Y2K failures. In addressing public policy issues we have no more expertise than the literate public. However, we do possess expertise in the technical issues underlying the situation that should be considered as you weigh the conflicting public policy goals in formulating appropriate Year 2000 Liability Legislation. In particular, for your consideration we offer the following points pertaining to the technical realities of Y2K. .... ' ieeeusa.org