A new gender gap has emerged in technology and this is disturbing and disheartening. If our nation is to continue to be a competitor in the global ecomony we need a healthy pool of technically trained persons ... We can achieve this only if we include both halves of the work force,

While we have been comforted by the actions of the great majority of federal agencies, unfortunately with just 63 days remaining before the Jan. 1, 2000, deadline, there still remains some concern about certain agencies - especially with regard to their contingency and Day One plans, ... To be fully prepared for Y2K, every organization must ensure that their Day One strategies are ready and that practical contingency plans are in place.

There have been pleas to me,

Well, there's no gender gap,

The gap is there. Where it really compounds is where there is a racial and a gender gap. That's what you see for African-American and Latino males. It's a real challenge for us.

Disturbing new evidence has emerged which merits a full new police investigation.