>Subject: U.S. Navy Report
>
>To all:
>
>The note below is a direct response from John Koskinen, and
>includes an attachment of the last report which was on the
>USN website. I hope this sets the record straight. This
>will be my last message on or discussion of this subject.
>
>Thank You,
>
>Jason McNamara
>
>____________________________________________________________
>
>>From John Koskinen, Chair, President's Council on Y2K
>Conversion:
>
>The short of the story is that the information Jim Lord has
>released today with great fanfare was on a web site
>accessible by the public until August 10. (It was actually
>brought to my attention by a member of the public who had
>some questions about it.) So there hasn't been any
>suppression of disturbing evidence. Throughout the earlier
>months, updates were regularly sent throughout the Navy
>which was probably what Mr. Lord's "June report" was. The
>report went up on the web at the request of a Navy workshop
>since many fleet users wanted to facilitate access to the
>most current data. (The document was taken down so that it
>could be updated and the information more clearly explained
>since people found it hard to understand.)
>
>Second, the ratings were based on anecdotal information
>that was updated over time. Most significantly, which Mr.
>Lord does not note and may not have known (although he made
>no inquiries that I know of ) the instructions were to put
>a "3" (risk of failure) as the default if information was
>not available. Earlier this year when base commanders and
>others were trying to determine the status of local
>infrastructures here and around the world there wasn't much
>information available, which is why there were so many
>"3"s.
>
>The lack of local information was one of the reasons we
>launched our "Community Conversations" initiative in May
>and why DoD has a related initiative they have asked all
>their base commanders to lead in their local communities,
>either by supporting the community's own conversation or
>helping to organize one in the absence of any other
>facilitators.
>
>Third, the people the leadership at DoD and the services
>care most about are their troops. The advice, which Mr.
>Lord finds inconsistent, which was sent to the troops by
>the Secretary of the Navy -- which is anything but alarmist
>-- reflects the low level of risks from Y2K as seen by the
>department leadership. (But they did recommend personal
>preparedness and continue to do so.)
>
>Finally, in response to requests, here is the report as it
>was last available to the public on August 10. While it is
>much less exciting than the "June report" cited by Mr.
>Lord, it should still be borne in mind that the scoring
>was:
>
> 0 = not likely to occur
> 1 = occurrence improbable
> 2 = occurrence probable
> 3 = occurrence is likely to occur OR no information
>
>As we move through the fall, we have enough interesting and
>important matters to pursue that we don't have to also be
>making mountains out of public molehills. Therefore, I
>would appreciate it if you would send this memo along to
>all those you sent your earlier message.
>
>Many thanks. I look forward to seeing you again soon.
>
>(See attached file: Master Util 8_4.xls)
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Tom Atlee * The Co-Intelligence Institute * Oakland, CA
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-- Jean Wasp (jean@sonic.net), August 21, 1999