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CODY, Wyo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--A non-scientific poll of nearly 2000 readers of an Internet Y2K news site reveals ninety-eight percent do not believe the federal government's claims of compliance.

While reasons for the skepticism were not polled, the recent dropping of non-compliant systems from the so-called ``mission-critical'' list by federal agencies is likely one factor. To date, over 3,200 systems have been dropped from the list, boosting compliance percentages by amounts that do not represent actual gains in systems fixed.

``This poll shows that the current administration lacks credibility when talking about Year 2000 compliance,'' says Mike Adams, editor of Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM. ``At a time when trust is critical to the security of the banking system,'' Adams adds, ``federal officials are doing very little to earn it.'' Poll results are available at: http://www.y2knewswire.com/Index.asp?pageid=poll2

According to the Clinton administration, the vast majority of federal agencies' mission-critical systems leaped from a state of non-compliance on Dec. 31, 1998, to a fully-remediated, fully-tested and fully-implemented condition in just 90 days. This, an accomplishment that left private industry bewildered. While large corporations and banks have been laboring for years just to get to the testing stage, government computers have completed nearly two years' of testing and implementation in just three months.

``The claims are staggering,'' says Adams. ``Unfortunately, they're also unbelievable. Without independent testing and disclosure of the terms 'mission-critical' and 'compliant,' they are little more than a public relations ploy.'' To counter the unproven claims, Y2KNEWSWIRE has posted a list of fifty-two questions it urges journalists to ask federal agencies. This list is available at http://www.y2knewswire.com/19990401.htm

Y2KNEWSWIRE provides a free, public daily e-mail alert covering Y2K news and analysis. In 1999, Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM launched a ``Y2K public safety'' campaign in an attempt to promote Y2K safety through public awareness of the potential dangers associated with the Year 2000 rollover.

For more information, visit http://www.y2knewswire.com

Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM is not affiliated with Y2K-Wire(tm), y2knews.com or Year2000.com.

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), April 05, 1999

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TAOS, NM (National Enquirer) -- In a totally unscientific poll taken of members of the "Elvis Lives!" website, a full 100% did not believe reports that Elvis was actually dead.

"It just is unsubstantiated by any credible evidence," said Scotty Hunter, ex officio board member of the Elvis Lives Organization, and part-time Loch Ness Monster expert. "Also unsubstantiated are rumors that we are affiliated in any way with an organization called Y2KNewswire, or any crackpot militia organizations, or anyone who stands to gain anything at all by selling Y2K survival gear, or anyone who's pitching Y2K-driven multi-level marketing schemes."

Next Week: Alien Crimes Against Nature -- another unscientific poll

-- Mr. Wizard (gollygee@whillikers.com), April 05, 1999.

Mr. Wizard (gollygee@whillikers.com), April 05, 1999.:

WHOOOOAAAAAAAA....same modus operandi as Bradley K. Sherman.

-- Mike T. (anita_martini@the.ranch), April 05, 1999.

I get the feeling Don Scott, -bks- and Alan Dechert are alive and well and living amongst us....I think Prepared may be Paul Milne...

-- who is who (?@?.?), April 05, 1999.

Sorry guys, it was good ebough to make Yahoo news. I think it does have a couple of valid points:

While reasons for the skepticism were not polled, the recent dropping of non-compliant systems from the so-called ``mission-critical'' list by federal agencies is likely one factor.

``This poll shows that the current administration lacks credibility when talking about Year 2000 compliance,''

According to the Clinton administration, the vast majority of federal agencies' mission-critical systems leaped from a state of non-compliance on Dec. 31, 1998, to a fully-remediated, fully-tested and fully-implemented condition in just 90 days.

Without independent testing and disclosure of the terms 'mission-critical' and 'compliant,' they are little more than a public relations ploy.

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-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), April 05, 1999.

Talk about your self-selecting surveys!

Actually, the real news is 2 percent of Y2KNEWSWIRE readers believe the government.

Oops, or was that Y2KSUPPLY? Never quite know for sure.

-- Hoffmeister (hoff_meister@my-dejanews.com), April 05, 1999.

Good job, Sysman. You are presenting some hard objective evidence.

-- Amused (amused@laughing.hard), April 05, 1999.

2% believe the government !! Let's see, Hoffmeister, Flint, bks, Don Scott, Doc Dwarf, Mutha, .................. yea that's about 2%.

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), April 05, 1999.

It wasn't "good enough to make Yahoo! News"... it was sent out on PR Newswire, a wire service for PRESS RELEASES that Yahoo! distributes, regardless of how good the content is or isn't...

-scott-

-- Scott Johnson (scojo@yahoo.com), April 06, 1999.