ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: President Clinton wants more money to protect the government's computer systems from possible attack by cyber-terrorists. An announcement is planned today at the White House, and CNN's Gene Randall is there now. Good morning, Gene.</s>GENE RANDALL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Andria. Perhaps in a bid to eliminate any complacency bred by the relative ease of the rollover to Y2K, the White House this morning will be talking in terms of the next great threat of the computer age: cyber-terrorism. With the release of a national plan President Clinton commissioned in 1998, the president is expected to call for an extra $100 million for new security programs in the fiscal 2001 budget. All of this will be spelled out by White House chief of staff John Podesta and Commerce Secretary William Daley, since the president will be returning to the Syrian-Israeli talks in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. A General Accounting Office study recently showed that computer security in both government and business was increasingly at risk, and that more needed to be done to address it. Today's White House announcement is clearly intended to show the administration is focused on the problem. Gene Randall, CNN, live at the White House.</s>HALL: Thank you, Gene.
President Clinton to Propose More Money to Protect Government's Computer Systems from Possible Attack by Cyber-Terrorists