Northeast Power Outages, Day 2
Energy experts testified about an August 14 power blackout in the Northeast U.S. and Canada. Among the topics they addressed were the causes of the blackout, the reliability of the electric …
195 viewsEnergy experts testified about an August 14 power blackout in the Northeast U.S. and Canada. Among the topics they addressed were the causes of the blackout, the reliability of the electric …
195 viewsWitnesses testified at a joint Senate hearing about the Department of Justice’s handling of the espionage case against nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. They explained how and why the government…
315 viewsSecretary Richardson and other Energy Department officials testified about security concerns at nuclear weapons research facilities following the loss and reappearance of two hard drives con…
225 viewsEnergy Department officials testified about the recent loss from Los Alamos National Laboratory of nuclear weapons information stored on two hard disc drives. Under criticism by committee me…
130 viewsIn a post-midnight news conference Mr. Koskinen talked with reporters about the year 2000 rollover. He announced that no serious computer problems have occurred, particularly in the power in…
43 viewsMr. Glauthier discussed security changes at national labs and at the Department of Energy. He talked about his role as the administrative manager of the department and overseeing the securit…
30 viewsT.J. Glauthier and Janet Abrams reported on the utilities industry’s ability to cope with potential computer problems posed by the date change on January 1, 2000. They said that 75 percent o…
37 viewsT.J. Glauthier of the White House Budget office talked about targets for federal job cutbacks in the Clinton administration. He also answered questions from the audience. The event was hoste…
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