The National Emergency Number Association launched an NG9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission. NENA said Wednesday it and other stakeholders will work together on the commission, which will address next-generation 911 issues, including “the need for Public Key Infrastructure to manage secure credentials within the 9-1-1 industry.” NENA will have “no direct control … allowing for fully independent oversight,” said Brandon Abley, NENA director-technical issues. “We’re following the exact same model used in other critical industries.”
The FCC Public Safety Bureau extended by three days to Feb. 21 the comments deadline and four days to March 20 replies on a Further NPRM on advanced vertical location, mapping, and addressing 911 services. The Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies, National Association of State 911 Administrators, National Emergency Number Association, Texas 911 Alliance and Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications sought the extension. The order on docket 07-114 was in Wednesday's Daily Digest.
The National Emergency Number Association launched an NG9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission. NENA said Wednesday it and other stakeholders will work together on the commission, which will address next-generation 911 issues, including “the need for Public Key Infrastructure to manage secure credentials within the 9-1-1 industry.” NENA will have “no direct control … allowing for fully independent oversight,” said Brandon Abley, NENA director-technical issues. “We’re following the exact same model used in other critical industries.”
Trump administration officials will meet this month in an attempt to resolve differences in the matter of restricting technology exports to China and Huawei, according to a Feb. 4 Reuters report. But Commerce is also discussing expanding its export control jurisdiction to a broader array of foreign sales containing U.S. goods that go beyond exports to just Huawei, according to a person familiar with the situation. “That is the one that would be a nuclear bomb for business,” the person said, adding that Commerce is discussing expanding its export control jurisdiction to “the maximum possible point.”
Attorney General William Barr moves Office of Information Policy acting Director Bobby Talebian to permanent post, replacing Melanie Ann Pustay, retired ... Facebook hires Dan Ball, ex-office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as public policy director ... Phone2Action adds Faisal Siddiqui, ex-Virtru, as chief technology officer; Marina Devalia, ex-Higher Logic, as vice president-marketing; Matt Melnick, ex-Vocus, as senior vice president-sales; and Shelli Holland, from Frontpoint, is vice president-human resources.
Attorney General William Barr moves Office of Information Policy acting Director Bobby Talebian to permanent post, replacing Melanie Ann Pustay, retired ... Facebook hires Dan Ball, ex-office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as public policy director ... RTI, home control and automation solutions provider, hires Joe Roberts, ex-Nortek and Core Brands, as CEO; interim CEO Mark Derus returns to chief financial officer ... Phone2Action adds Faisal Siddiqui, ex-Virtru, as chief technology officer; Marina Devalia, ex-Higher Logic, as vice president-marketing; Matt Melnick, ex-Vocus, as senior vice president-sales; and Shelli Holland, from Frontpoint, vice president-human resources.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said lawmakers should amend Communications Act Section 706 to prevent potential future abuse of World War II-era language that “allows the president to shut down or take control of ‘any facility or station for wire communication’ if he proclaims ‘that there exists a state or threat of war involving the United States.’” Current law allows suspension of wireless service “not only in a ‘war or threat of war’ but merely if there is a presidential proclamation of a ‘state of public peril’ or simply a ‘disaster or other national emergency,’” Rosenworcel said during a Tuesday speech at the State of the Net conference. “There is no requirement in the law for the president to provide any advance notice to Congress.” The Section 706 language “is undeniably broad,” she said. “If a sitting president wants to shut down the internet or selectively cut off a service, all it takes is an opinion from his attorney general that Section 706 gives him the authority to do so. That’s alarming. Because if you believe there are unspoken norms that would prevent us from using Section 706 this way, let me submit to you that past practice may no longer be the best guide for future behavior. Norms are being broken all the time in Washington and relying on them … is not the best way to go.” DOJ didn't immediately comment.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said lawmakers should amend Communications Act Section 706 to prevent potential future abuse of World War II-era language that “allows the president to shut down or take control of ‘any facility or station for wire communication’ if he proclaims ‘that there exists a state or threat of war involving the United States.’” Current law allows suspension of wireless service “not only in a ‘war or threat of war’ but merely if there is a presidential proclamation of a ‘state of public peril’ or simply a ‘disaster or other national emergency,’” Rosenworcel said during a Tuesday speech at the State of the Net conference. “There is no requirement in the law for the president to provide any advance notice to Congress.” The Section 706 language “is undeniably broad,” she said. “If a sitting president wants to shut down the internet or selectively cut off a service, all it takes is an opinion from his attorney general that Section 706 gives him the authority to do so. That’s alarming. Because if you believe there are unspoken norms that would prevent us from using Section 706 this way, let me submit to you that past practice may no longer be the best guide for future behavior. Norms are being broken all the time in Washington and relying on them … is not the best way to go.” DOJ didn't immediately comment.
The following is a selection of articles that appeared in International Trade Today in 2019 covering ruling letters. CBP frequently publishes rulings months after they are issued, so these articles are included based on the dates the articles were published, rather than the date the ruling letter was issued.
No one objected to a study by Jeff Reed of Virginia Tech and Reed Engineering on sharing the C band with fixed point-to-multipoint operations (see 1907020061) when the FCC took comment last year, said officials with the Open Technology Institute at New America and Public Knowledge, in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. Reed said “even after a repack of earth stations, every single megahertz of the ongoing [fixed satellite service] portion of C-band can be coordinated by local ISPs in 80 percent of the U.S. where more than 80 million Americans live, communities that are disproportionately rural and underserved,” the groups said in a filing in docket 18-122, posted Monday: “This is a perfect opportunity for the Commission to dedicate not only taxpayer dollars via the Rural Development Opportunity Fund, but also ‘spectrum as infrastructure’ to dramatically narrow the rural broadband divide.” Commenting on an auction, the groups said the FCC “has no legal authority to require or specify any incentive or ‘acceleration’ payments to C-band incumbents that extend beyond actual and reasonable relocation costs.” Making 280 MHz of C-band spectrum available for 5G “as soon as possible is a national priority,” said Verizon. It has no qualms about incentives for incumbents: The Communications Act “provides ample legal authority, and Emerging Technologies offers a well-established model, for auction winners to pay incumbents, including expenses and incentive payments for accelerated clearing.” T-Mobile officials met staff from the FCC Office of General Counsel to argue for incentive payments. “The record supports satellite operators receiving some compensation for transitioning out of the C-band and requiring winning bidders to make those payments as a condition to receiving their licenses,” the carrier said: The FCC “is on solid legal footing” to impose that requirement.