On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Anonymous wrote:
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:55:01 +0900 (JST) From: Anonymous <nobody@nowhere.to> To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net Subject: Y2K Report Card
AGENCIES GET NEW REPORT CARDS ON Y2K READINESS
Saying "the picture is a gloomy one," Congressman Stephen Horn, chair of the House subcommittee responsible for overseeing government progress on averting the Y2K problem, has given out new report cards to federal agencies. Three departments flunked: Justice; Health & Human Services; and State.
Wonder what the implications of this are?
The Defense Department gets a D-minus.
So this means they flunked too. Since having the DOD non compliant could be a national security risk. That means they flunked, but we couldn't say so. How many nukes are going to be checking the number of days since they last talked to launch control? What are the chances they are date sensitive? What happens if they should lose contact for greater than a certain number of days? Do they assume we've been nuked? How about the russians? The Chinese? What if the entire US DOD C&C network goes down. Is it an EMP? Is it infowar? Is it Y2K?
Three departments get A grades: Small Business Administration; Social Security Administration; and the National Science Foundation.
Was this graded on a curve? ;-O I thought SSA was still two years off target.
The Social Security Administration began working on the problem in 1989, eight years before most other government agencies.
This A/B/C/D/F stuff worked in school, but on a complex remediation effort doesn't really mean anything. Is that an 'A' for effort? jim