Emergencynet News Special Report
07/29/99 - 09:30CDT
Emergency.Com Announces 24 Hour Y2K Watch Desk
By Tom Lorinczi, EmergencyNet News Technical Services Director
Chicago, IL (Emergencynet News) -- In an effort to monitor and report in real time all consequential events that take place during the
transition to the year 2000, the Emergency Response & Research Institute (ERRI) today announced that it will make a "Y2K Watch Desk"
available on-line on its popular emergency service/national security website (www.emergency.com).
Accordi ng to Clark Staten, ERRI Executive Director, the concept was first announced at the Association of Public Communications Officers
(APCO)Y2K Readiness Symposium, held at the Galvin Center/Motorola Center, in Shaumburg, IL on May 21, 1999. During that meeting of
government officials from all over the country, Staten announced that ERRI, in association with EmergencyNet News correspondents throughout
the world, would be monitoring and reporting on all important or emerging events during the period of December 31, 1999 to January 1,
2000.
Staten said that a special "password protected" webpage would be created and used to post all Y2K relevant events -- as they occur --
in real-time. Correspondents and computer technical specialists will provide analysis of any significant events and post their commentary
to the special page. ERRI expert will also be paying particular
attention to reported computer intrusions, computer viruses, service disruptions and other problems believed to have been caused by the
so-called Y2K bug. Additionally, Staten said that ERRI counter-terrorist and law enforcement analysts would be monitoring any
public disturbances or other "millennium madness" occurring
concurrently with the Year2000 transition. It is believed that both corporate and government officials will want to access the
Emergency.com Y2K Watch Desk in order to spot emerging trends and attempt to anticipate potential problems as they occur in other parts
of the world.
Steve Macko, EmergencyNet News managing editor, said that the ERRI/Emergencynet News coverage would begin in Australia and cover all
events from the international dateline into and through Asia. Then, Macko said, EmergencyNet Mid-East and European correspondents and
analysts will take up the watch desk coverage and provide constant updates to the webpage. Finally, as midnight and the new century
approaches in the United States, the Watch desk will transition to the EmergencyNet News main watch desk in Chicago. In order to off-set
the cost of the extensive coverage, Macko said that it is probable that there will be a registration process and a need for payment of a small
fee in order to gain access to the Y2K Watch Desk page.
Emergency Response & Research Institute
EmergencyNet News Service
6348 N. Milwaukee Ave. #312
Chicago, IL 60646, USA
(773) 631-3774 - Voice/Messages
(773) 631-4703 - Fax
webmaster@emergency.com - E-Mail
Main webpage: http://www.emergency.com
-----------------Cut Here For ERRI/EmergencyNet News Y2K WATCH DESK ORDER------------
PLEASE PRINT OUT, COMPLETE, AND SEND YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO:
ERRI/EmergencyNet News Service
6348 N. Milwaukee Ave. #312
Chicago,IL 60646
Yes, I would like to order/purchase access to the ERRI Y2K Watch Desk. Here is my required registration information.
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Please include the following information in order to receive your registration/access information::
Section #1
Name: ___________________________________
Agency/Organization: _____________________________________
Contact person/POC: ______________________________________
Street Address: __________________________________________
__________________________________________
City: ____________________________________
State: _________________
Zip Code: ________________________
Phone number: ___________________________
Fax number: _____________________________
Purchase Order Number ___________________________
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Section #2
My e-mail address is: _____________________________________
Requested User name for this account: ________________________
Requested password for this account: _________________________
(Please include a minimum of at least seven (7) letters, numbers, and special symbols (%#&+, etc.)in your username and password. For
security reasons, we can not guarantee that your requested username and password will be
granted. You will receive confirmation of your order via the e-mail address
provided above)
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Section #3
I want to order _______ Individual User Access licenses to the ERRI Y2K Watch Desk on the World Wide Web @ $29.95U.S. per
registered user
Total enclosed: _______
NOTE: The $29.95U.S. user fee is required for each/single individual user. Access to the special Y2K webpage from multiple locations or by
multiple persons/entities is prohibited. Corporate user licenses are available for multiple users from the same organization/agency;
contact ERRI for more information and costs associated with
corporate licenses. We will invoice Fortune 500 companies or government agencies.
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PLEASE NOTE: Upon receipt of your registration application and payment of the required fee, you will immediately receive verification of your
user license(s) by e-mail. You will later receive additional information, user name, password confirmation, and the appropriate URL to access. We would expect "test access" for the Y2K Watch Desk to be available to you in late
November or early December, 1999. The Watch Desk is scheduled to be in "real-time" operation from
06:00CST on 31 Dec 1999 until at least 07:00CST on 01 Jan 2000. Hours of operation may be extended as
circumstances and/or events dictate. ERRI/EmergencyNet News reserves the right to refuse
service(s) and/or provide information to any/all individual/corporate/government entities, as we may see fit. We can not
guarantee the provision of Y2K Watch Desk services for any order submitted after 25 Dec 99
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I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ERRI/EmergencyNet News PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL SERVICES:
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Please address all questions, comments, suggestions and/or send your check/order to:
Emergency Response & Research Institute
EmergencyNet News Service
6348 N. Milwaukee Ave. #312
Chicago, IL 60646, USA
(773) 631-3774 - Voice/Messages
(773) 631-4703 - Fax
webmaster@emergency.com - E-Mail
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER!!
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