Some Fed Web Sites Will be Down for Y2K
Dateline: 12/29/99
Don't be alarmed if some US Government web sites don't answer your browser's call this weekend. They haven't been bitten by the "Bug" but have been taken offline temporarily to prevent Y2K-related hacking attacks.
The Pentagon announced today that the US military will shut down some of its web sites this Y2K weekend to protect against computer hackers.
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) web site at www.dfas.mil will be offline from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. on New Year's Day according to a message posted on the web site's home page. Pentagon officials stated that the shutdown will not affect paychecks that will be sent to 5.8 million active and retired U.S. military personnel on Thursday.
The Defense Department's main web site www.defenselink.mil will remain in service according to Pentagon officials.
Joining the DoD, The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that its flagship web site at www.opm.gov will bar access for "several hours" to many of its publicly available data banks.
If any additional lockouts or shutdowns are announced, they will be posted here.
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