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Year
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Action/Activity
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Notes
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2010
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DHS Telecommunications Energy Alliance |
TEA was formed to address telecom & electric sector interdependencies, long term outages (LTOs) |
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2009
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NCS CDEP Report 2/17/09 |
Communications Dependency on Electric Power Working Group Report
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2008
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OMB Disapproval Notice 11/28/08 |
Title: Information Collection Regarding Emergency Backup Power for Communications Assets as Set Forth in the Commission's Rules (47 CFR 12.2). OMB disapproves FCC’s request.
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D.C. Circuit Court Opinion 7/8/08 |
CTIA v FCC No. 07-1475 (DC Cir.) Court held case in abeyance pending OMB’s action |
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FCC Report to Congress 1/30/08 |
Vulnerability Assessment and Feasibility of Creating Back-Up Emergency Communications System Submitted Pursuant to Public Law No. 110-53 (Cong. Review Act). |
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2007
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Federal Register Notices & Comments 11/07/07 |
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FCC Order on Recon 10/04/07; Erratum 10/9/07 |
Sec. 12.2 Backup Power Rules amended; becomes effective upon OMB approval of information collection requirements |
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FCC Public Notice 08/14/07 |
Public Notice re (7) Petitions for Reconsideration & Clarification filed |
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FCC Order 08/2/07 |
Order extends effective date of 12.2 Rules to 10/9/07 |
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FCC Order 6/8/07 |
Implementation of Katrina Panel Recommendations, Amends Sec. 12.2 Backup-Power Rules |
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FCC Letter to AT&T 4/23/07 |
Granting AT&T’s STA request |
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2006
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FCC Public Notice 7/26/06 |
FCC Requests Comment on Applicability of Katrina Panel Recommendations to All Types of Disasters |
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FCC NPRM 6/19/06 |
Rulemaking to address Katrina Panel Recommendations, Docket EB 06-119 |
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Katrina Panel Recommendations 6/12/06 |
Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks |
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NSTAC Recommendations re Katrina 3/01/06 |
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NSTAC Report to the President
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Telecommunications and Electric Power Infrastructure Interdependencies 1/2006 |
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2005
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NSTAC Telecoms. & Electric Power Interdependency Task Force
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Formed to address telecom & electric sector interdependencies, long term outages (LTOs) |
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Hurricane Katrina 8/2005 |
Storm caused catastrophic impacts to comm infrastructures (PSTNs, Long Distance, PSAPs, CATV, Radio). Exposed common weak points in backup power capabilities during prolonged power outages |
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~ 2000
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NSTAC Energy Task Force Final Report |
Telecommunications Systems Survivability Electric Power Survivability Status Report. Energy Task Force Final Report 8/1988
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NSTAC Energy Task Force 1988-1990 |
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NSTAC Telecoms. System Survivability Task Force 1986-1989 |
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NSTAC Electromagnetic Pulse [Survivability]Task Force 1983-1985 |
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