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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (367)	3/16/1999 12:22:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 411

WELFARE: State & Federal Interface - Anyone see a problem here? Following are 3 articles in same issue of Civic.com publication: ============================================================= March 8, 1999 STATE/FEDERAL INTERFACES TO HAVE Y2K BACKUP PLAN John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, told a group of state technology leaders attending a National Governors' Association meeting in Washington, D.C., that a committee will develop the backup plans so that members of the public can continue to receive food stamps and health care payments if interfaces between federal and state computer systems malfunction at the turn of the century. "Federal and state leaders say they expect all federal interfaces at the state level to function properly and do not anticipate major problems. But they agreed to create a contingency plan." ============================================================= NGA TO HOST STATE/FEDERAL Y2K SUMMIT ... federal officials and state representatives will likely seek to clear the air in a standoff over the status of state system interfaces with federal programs. The fallout developed when the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, chaired by John Koskinen, THREATENED TO HAMMER STATES on their progress in identifying and fixing state interfaces with federal systems that feed intergovernmental programs such as welfare assistance, unemployment insurance and Medicaid. ============================================================= CONGRESS CONSIDERS $40 MILLION IN Y2K RELIEF FOR STATES State and local governments hurting for funds to pay for Year 2000 contingency plans could see some relief from the federal government should Congress enact the "Y2K State and Local Government Assistance Programs (GAP) Act of 1999 introduced March 2 in the U.S. House of Representative. civic.com MORE COMMENTS ON ARTICLE: Message 8339762 Cheryl "Our remaining challenge is to get the public to understand that there are some things we don't need to worry about,'' Koskinen said. "There are going to be some glitches that are manageable. But the world will not end as we know it." John Koskinen - Head of President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion Another one of my favorite quotes from Koskinen: "ACTIONS THAT INDIVIDUALLY LOOK LOGICAL ... like filling up your gas tank on December 31, taking $1000 out of the bank, buying twice as many prescription drugs as you usually do, taking 20-30 percent of your IRA money out of the market -- A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION AMERICANS ALL DO THAT AT ONE TIME YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A MAJOR PROBLEM," Koskinen said ... dailynews.yahoo.com. *Public Panic Seen A Top Y2K Risk*