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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1001)	1/31/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

What is Washington Doing about Y2k? erols.com 'As reported by the Associated Press on Sunday, 25 Jan 1998: ÿ President Clinton and his Cabinet discussed the 2000 problem during a meeting at the White House, where the agency heads were warned to get on top of the problem quickly. Franklin Raines, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told the Cabinet secretaries they would be held ''personally responsible for getting on top of the problem,'' spokesman Mike McCurry said. ''It's a source of very great concern to both the president and the vice president,'' McCurry said. ''As the Vice-president said, it's clear now that there will be some level or some degree of problem on the day... Jan. 1, 2000.'' ' __________________________________ cio.fed.gov U.S. Office of Management and Budget As of November 15, 1997 Progress on Year 2000 Conversion Report of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as of November 15, 199

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1001)	2/3/1998 11:25:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'A mutual agreement among participants to use a four-digit contiguous year computer standard for data exchanges between state and federal agencies.ÿ' state.pa.us There was a lot of discussion on C.S.Y2K whether using this standards would be a good idea; or a disastrous idea. Here is the document that contains that resolution. John ------ State/Federal CIO Summit on Year 2000 Final Executive Sessions Reportÿ Distributed November 19, 1997 'RESOLUTIONS Governor Ridge announced the following three significant resolutions, which were agreed upon by the Summit's participants:ÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 1) A mutual agreement among participants to use a four-digit contiguous year computer standard for data exchanges between state and federal agencies.ÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 2) Establish a national policy group [Year 2000 Policy Group] ofÿ senior executives to assess and resolve Year 2000 problems.ÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 3) Create a joint state/federal-working group drawing on technical expertise from around the nation.ÿ Sally Katzen, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the US Office of Management and Budget, and John Thomas Flynn, NASIRE president and California CIO, will co-chair the newly created "Year 2000 Policy Group" and coordinate further action pertaining to the above resolutions and continuation of state and federal CIO working groups.ÿ The joint state/federal working group to be co-chaired by Steve Kolodney, NASIRE Subcommittee chairperson on Year 2000, and by Kathy Adams, Federal CIO Council Subcommittee chairperson on Year 2000.ÿ <snip>'