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To: StanX Long who wrote (56246)	11/26/2001 2:50:49 AM
From: StanX Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

This should help tech. Stan November 26, 2001 NEW ECONOMY Plans for Technology National Guard By AMY CORTESE nytimes.com In the aftermath of Sept. 11, a new spirit of civil service is sweeping the country. Volunteers and donors have swamped the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and other agencies with offers of help. Seizing on the national mood, President Bush has called for the creation of a civil defense service that would supplement security efforts by the police, fire departments and public health agencies. That call to civic duty mirrors a bipartisan Senate proposal that would quintuple the size of AmeriCorps, the domestic Peace Corps initiated by President Bill Clinton. But even with those efforts, there is a sense that something more is needed. National security is no longer just about patrolling borders and securing airports, bridges and ports; it is also about protecting the nation's information infrastructure. "There is a big hole to be filled in an expanding national service system," said Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, a Democratic research center in Washington. "The more we become dependent on the information backbone, the more we need to be prepared."