Obama's Executive Order: National Security & Emergency Communications : Freedom Outpost

Obama's Executive Order: National Security & Emergency Communications : Freedom Outpost

 Obama’s Executive Order:
National Security & Emergency Communications On Friday Barack Obama issued an Executive Order putting in place re-establishing a national security measure and emergency preparedness telecommunications functions. This EO will cover a broad spectrum of emergencies. This order piggybacks on previous EO’s of this nature, including Executive Order 12472 which established The National Communications System (NCS).
“The federal government must have the ability to communicate at all times and under all circumstances to carry out its most critical and time sensitive missions,” the order reads, which calls for “survivable, resilient, enduring and effective communications” during emergencies. In this order Barack Obama establishes the Executive Committee on National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications, or NS/EP communications, to be staffed with high-ranking officials from eight agencies and departments. Interestingly enough the order comes a week after a severe storm brought widespread power outages in and around the D.C. area.
These officials to the committee will come from the:
 Defense Department State Department Justice DepartmentCommerce Department Homeland Security Department Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) General Services Administration
Federal Communications Commission The committee will be chaired by the secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security. A yearly report on NS/EP will be presented to the President by the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The Department of Defense will develop capabilities to support national security interests and the Department of Homeland Security will develop policies to support continuity of government operations.
The NCS, which was created back in the 1960′s following the Cuban missile crisis gave birth to the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS), that allows government agencies
to access both land line and wireless communications services in the even of power outages or disruptions in service. GETS carries a tagline:
“When the going gets tough, GETS keeps you going.”