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To: John Mansfield who wrote (128)	2/25/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

UK: Utilities set up bug safety net Utility companies have set up a war cabinet to co-ordinate their contingency plans to get the UK through the millennium crisis. The companies, which are battling round the clock to make their systems compliant, are developing back-up plans to ensure vital services are not cut during the date change. Setting up the committee, which comprises representatives from across the utilities, is an acknowledgement that they may fail to make all their systems year 2000 compliant, and that contingency plans need to be made. "This is the next big issue that needs to be addressed," said Martin Jollies, year 2000 programme manager for Nuclear Electric, and chairman of the committee, which is holding its inaugural meeting next month. "Last year was all about getting your compliance programme in place, which most people have well under way," he added. "Now people have to focus on what their contingency plans will be." The committee will hold a series of meetings this year to decide on best practice for tackling contingency issues. <snip> Utilities have already begun to look at contingency plans for the century date change. London Electricity is re-instating old telephone lines and laying new ones through its ducts in case the telephone network should fail, to make sure engineers can stay in touch. <snip> Nuclear Electric is also reducing all non-essential IT activities between December 1999 and February 2000. "There's no point in doing something you don't have to do when the clocks turn over," said Jollies. computerweekly.co.uk

To: John Mansfield who wrote (128)	2/26/1998 1:58:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

MITRE: Y2K Contingency Plan Guidelines 'INTRODUCTION Although everyone is working diligently to ensure that a high percentage of Year 2000 (Y2K) and related problems will be resolved before their respective Time Event Horizons, we must anticipate that some things will be overlooked, ignored, or not completed on time. We also realize that there are things beyond our control that could affect us in the year 2000. One important way to be sufficiently prepared is through the development and application of well-defined and executable contingency plans. ' <snip> ' Establish support agreements as required - Communications equipment (phone, radio) - Possibility to "team" with another organization with similar function/capability CAUTION: Other Organizations May Be Similarly Affected On-site support (additional personnel, vendor support, standby equipment) CAUTION: Standby May Be Similarly Affected Establish Y2K help desk (internal and contractor) Identify ways to preserve and protect system data System backups before date problems occur CAUTION: Backup System May Be Similarly Affected Establish methods to detect and correct corrupt data' mitre.org _____________ 'MITRE's work is focused within two Federally Funded Research and Development Centers that perform systems engineering and integration work for Department of Defense C3I, and systems research and development work for the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation authorities.'