Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4028-1007685912-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 06 Dec 2001 16:46:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 15540 invoked by uid 510); 7 Dec 2001 00:45:39 -0000 Received: from n20.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.70) by all.net with SMTP; 7 Dec 2001 00:45:39 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4028-1007685912-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.187] by n20.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Dec 2001 00:40:14 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_2); 7 Dec 2001 00:45:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 3155 invoked from network); 7 Dec 2001 00:45:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Dec 2001 00:45:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.125.69) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Dec 2001 00:45:11 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fB70jKa31939 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:45:20 -0800 Message-Id: <200112070045.fB70jKa31939@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:45:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:NetGuard.Proposal.Under.Debate] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ** NetGuard Proposal Under Debate Government and IT industry leaders met Wednesday on Capitol Hill to discuss IT's role in providing aid during national emergencies. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, has proposed creating a national volunteer corps of skilled IT workers to help in emergencies. Speakers at Wyden's subcommittee hearing were divided on what kind of services a proposed National Emergency Technology Guard, or NetGuard, should provide, and whether it was needed at all. Andrew Rasiej, a New York entrepreneur who worked with Wyden on the proposal, envisions 100,000 IT volunteers drawn from top high-tech companies. NetGuard would have a federal budget, maintain a cache of computer equipment, and could call upon "reservists" at the request of state and federal agencies. "Leaders of the IT community--chairmen and CEOs of major tech companies in this country--need to show leadership and put their competition aside," Rasiej said. Julie Coppernoll, a technical assistant to Intel chairman Andy Grove who spent a month at the World Trade Center site, testified on behalf of the chipmaker that the IT community should play a central role in responding to national disasters, but she didn't specifically endorse the NetGuard concept. "There is no question that technology could have done more to assist in the aftermath of the disaster by providing quicker access to information," said Coppernoll. But John Marburger, director of the Office on Science and Technology Policy, said Wyden's corps would duplicate the government's existing technical resources and expertise. He testified that a "virtual science corps" is already available through organizations like the American Association of Universities and National Academies for Science, Engineering and Medicine. Rather than create another agency, Marburger encouraged voluntary preparedness and standards for coordinating disaster-recovery efforts. - Alorie Gilbert Read the full story at <a href="http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eFGj0Bc8Nf0V20mQv0Ad">http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eFGj0Bc8Nf0V20mQv0Ad> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Break free. Great American Smokeout http://us.click.yahoo.com/3vN8tD/.pSDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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