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To: John Mansfield who wrote (2275)	7/25/1998 2:05:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

'Year 2000 Crisis Is No. 1 Issue For Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, According to GartnerGroup -- New Research Shows That Virtually All Integrated Delivery Systems Are Drastically Underspending on the Year 2000 Crisis -- WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--July 22, 1998-- GartnerGroup's Information Technology (IT) Healthcare division, the world's leading provider of research on healthcare IT and markets, today announced the release of its ninth annual Integrated Delivery System (IDS) Market Segment Database, now with a graphical user interface. The database survey results indicate that the year 2000 crisis is the runaway systems priority among IDSs in 1998, ahead of clinical information systems as a priority by a 2-to-1 margin. ''In 1997, the year 2000 crisis was not even on the radar screen of the 340 IDSs we profiled; in 1998, it's overwhelmingly the No. 1 systems issue,'' said Dave Garets, GartnerGroup Research Director. ''The good news is that IDSs are finally paying attention to the year 2000; the bad news is that their spending is totally inadequate to address the crisis. ... biz.yahoo.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2275)	7/25/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON YEAR 2000 CONVERSION Public Meeting Minutes June 11, 1998 John Koskinen, Assistant to the President and President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion (Council) Chair, opened the meeting at 1:30 p.m. in the Truman Room of the White House Conference Center, 726 Jackson Place, Washington, DC. The Chair observed that the Year 2000 challenge is receiving wider media attention, which is very positive. It is hoped that additional follow-up reports on government progress areas will be included. The Chair provided an update on Congressional activities related to the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, noting pending legislation. He said that the Justice Department's Antitrust Division will likely respond soon to a request by the securities industry about information sharing related to Y2K. In addition, telecommunications industry representatives are working together to develop an agreement about how to share information. The National Governors Association (NGA) will convene a meeting of State Y2K Coordinators in late-July and has invited the Council to make a presentation. The Chair announced that new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements have been developed to help Tier One and Tier Two agencies focus on implementing their Y2K plans and meeting established milestones. Agencies will be required to provide monthly benchmarks and plans for meeting them to OMB. In addition, OMB is providing clarification and guidance about how to write agency contingency plans. The Chair led a discussion about how software and hardware availability could impact agency Y2K testing schedules. He also noted the importance of assessing the burden of new regulatory and legislative requirements on agencies that are striving to meet Y2K conversion deadlines. Meeting attendees shared information about their independent verification and validation (IV&V) experiences, to date. The Chair provided an overview of plans to implement a unified, national Y2K campaign. A roll-out event will be held later this summer. Council members discussed the need to develop additional materials describing the Council and its Y2K activities. It was noted that GSA is developing a Y2K brochure and information about the Council is available on the Web at y2k.gov. The Council's Web site will be promoted at the roll-out event. Sector Action Plans are due by June 18, 1998. The Chair emphasized the importance of these plans, noting that they will serve as the basis for coordination and the framework for defining, sector by sector, the Council's industry activities. A discussion followed about the recent activities of the Council's Working Groups. The Energy Working Group has been divided into Electric Power and Oil & Gas. The following umbrella organizations have been identified: the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) for electric power, the American Petroleum Institute (API) for oil, the Natural Gas Council (NGC) for gas, and the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB) for energy accounting and financial applications. Several Working Groups have initiated information collection efforts. Plans include using public and private forums to facilitate the exchange of information among key industry players. The Emergency Management Working Group has met and agreed to conduct periodic assessments to evaluate the need for Y2K response planning. The Workforce Issues Working Group has initiated efforts to help those seeking Y2K assistance by promoting use of the Internet for posting and searching of positions and resumes. y2k.gov