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Renewed Calls for Implementation of Emergency IT Telecom Infrastructure

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Following up on his 2002 call for the formation of a National Emergency Technology Guard (NET Guard), on September 29, 2005 Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), together with Sen. George Allen (R-VA) sent this letter to DHS Secretary Chertoff urging his department to “fully implement NET Guard as soon as possible.”
Related resources:

  • Homeland Security Act of 2002
  • Dept. of Homeland Security, OIG Office of Information Technology: Emergency Preparedness and Response Could Better Integrate Information Technology with Incident Response and Recovery, OIG-05-36, September 2005 (67 pages, PDF).
  • Public Safety Communications from 9/11 to Katrina: Critical Public Policy Lessons, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, September 29, 2005

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