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To: John Mansfield who wrote (15907)	5/4/1998 1:13:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 31646

[STONEWALLING] 'Feds say vendors are stonewalling requests for compliance info 'MAY 4, 1998 YEAR 2000 Feds say vendors are stonewalling requests for compliance info BY BRAD BASS (brad_bass@fcw.com) Federal agency efforts to obtain information from telecommunications vendors on whether equipment is Year 2000-compliant have been hindered by the reluctance of industry to share information, sources at a federal government conference said last week. Bill Nichols, the Year 2000 telecommunications program manager at the General Services Administration, said vendors' reluctance to provide information on the Year 2000 compliance of their products has limited his attempts to create a database designed to help agencies prepare for the millennium change. He said most companies fear that posting information on GSA's World Wide Web-based database could make them liable if agencies ultimately experience Year 2000 problems after acting on information posted by vendors. John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, said he is aware that vendors' attorneys are advising them not to put the information on the Web because of liability issues. But he said he believes that if a Year 2000 problem occurs involving a company that withheld information from the government, that company would not fare well in a liability suit anyway. .... fcw.com