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To: John Mansfield who wrote (2068)	6/28/1998 4:20:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

DISA: 'Year 2000 Contingency Planning Article from CIO Magazine, June 1, 1998 "War Games - Attacking the millenium bug calls for a prudent battle plan" GAO Contingency planning with SSA examples ... disa.mil

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2068)	6/28/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'Year 2000 problem may hurt defenses By MIKE BILLINGTON FORT McCLELLAN, Ala., June 26 (UPI) - Experts attending the Worldwide Chemical Conference say U.S. biological and chemical warfare defenses may be compromised Jan. 1, 2000 by the ''millenium bug'' that could shut down computer systems around the world. ''The consequences could be catastrophic,'' said Dan McGonigle, manager of information systems for the national security division of Battelle, a research and development technology company. ... Many U.S. allies, private industry, and other American military computers will not be upgraded by 2000, he said. The conference brought together 650 military and industrial experts in biological and chemical warfare. The three-day conference, which ended Friday, is designed to showcase information about threats from weapons of mass destruction. ..... That makes the Year 2000 problem ''a serious global threat,'' McGonigle said. ''It's just like a war. We're going to get hit by these computer problems and we're going to get hit hard,'' he said. ''The question is, who's going to go down?'' dailynews.yahoo.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2068)	6/28/1998 4:29:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

'Information Technology Reshapes CEO Agenda, According To A.T. Kearney's Second Global CEO Survey Information Technology, Data Management Are Top Priorities for CEOs; Corporate Growth, Which Previously Placed Second, Moves to Sixth Place CHICAGO, June 22 -- What's on the minds of today's most influential CEOs? According to A.T. Kearney's second global CEO survey, information technology (IT) and data management share top billing on the CEO agenda, while corporate growth, which placed second in the firm's 1996 survey, has now moved down the agenda to sixth place.(1) .... Year 2000 (Y2K): What is perhaps surprising -- and troublesome -- is the finding that 16% of companies surveyed are still in the early stages of addressing or have not yet begun to address the Y2K issues. Especially ill-prepared are those in Emerging Markets, with 60% reporting their IT strategy is neither very well or even fairly developed to address the issue. By contrast, nearly all Western European and North American companies believe they are ready for the next century. ... techmall.com