[100835] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC rules for backup power
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Dixon)
Wed Nov 14 10:41:53 2007
From: "Jerry Dixon" <jerry@jdixon.com>
To: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>,
"Mike Lyon"
<mike.lyon@gmail.com>
Cc: "Wayne E. Bouchard" <web@typo.org>, "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:41:00 +0000
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Jared> and all this time I thought you just wanted to attend those meetin=
gs to see all of our bright faces and partake of the chocolate chip cooki=
es :)
In all seriousness, it is very good to get involved in these meetings and=
stay on top of what is going on. Plus it helps the gubment types out on=
what is reality or what is doable versus going off on a wild tangent. E=
specially with recovery, understanding what the real vulnerabilities or e=
xposures are, and of course planning response activities.
I can't thank many of you enough that have taken an active role in helpin=
g USG out over the last few years and also the insights that you've share=
d with many of us that have worked these issues in the past. So with tha=
t said, get involved and let your opinions be known. Also you have a gre=
at opportunity coming up with new elections about to take place to help s=
hape or influence the way ahead but you've got to get involved.
Another good link on current documents on national level response and pre=
paredness can be found here:
http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/publications/
Also recommend setting up the usual google alerts on some keywords like:
"cyber and homeland"
"communications and homeland"
Lastly there is a great effort underway led by a bi-partisan Congressiona=
l Commission.
See http://www.csis.org/tech/cyber/
Congressman & Chairman Langevin & Ranking Member McCaul are two good peop=
le to send letters to or communicate with related to many of these issues=
if you have concerns. There office is real responsive to Cyber & Commun=
ication issues. They're the ones that setup the Congressional Cyber Comm=
ission.
http://homeland.house.gov/about/subcommittees.asp?subcommittee=3D12
-Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared@puck.nether.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 04:44 PM
To: 'Mike Lyon'
Cc: 'Wayne E. Bouchard', 'Sean Donelan', nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: FCC rules for backup power
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:15:53PM -0800, Mike Lyon wrote:
> What? The gov't putting their nose in where it shouldn't be? NEVER!
=09I must say, if you're a provider with US presence and you're not
paying attention to the FCC, DHS (NCS, NCSD) and possibly that thing call=
ed
NSTAC you may wake up one day and be amazed what is going on.
=09Take an example - Unregulated chemical industry becomes regulated unde=
r
DHS. (One of the 17 sectors that the govvies track).
=09There's stuff to track that doesn't involve having a full time
employee to associate with it, but some allocation of time is valuable.
=09If you don't, who knows, you may have Senator Stevens setting policy
that is relevant to you.
=09http://hsgac.senate.gov/
=09http://homeland.house.gov/
=09There's all sorts of interesting stuff in this space to track. What i=
f
your network traffic doubled tomorrow due to a pandemic outbreak and ever=
yone
starts telecommuting?
=09http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/editorial_0760.shtm
=09Perhaps it's wrong, or maybe they're right? I think continuing to wat=
ch
the activities in this space are going to be critical to our evolution as=
providers of these ip packets.
=09- Jared
ps. other stuff of interest:
www.it-scc.org (free)
www.pcis.org (us, ca)
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