[Scan-DC] [certcomms] Plans Announced to Update the Communications Act o f 19 34

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I concur Dave. With FEMA, DHS and other organizations finally recognizing amateur radios operators and the importance of such in EmComm we should work closely with those agencies to secure the various radio services. Thanks for your work.  Paul From: dgsweigert at juno.com [mailto:dgsweigert at juno.com] 
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Team:  I have been working informally with other first responders to create a draft EmComm standard for the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). My suggestion is that we clearly define an NFPA standard and submit draft to DHS Office of Emergency Communications (OEC).  Now is the time to tail gate public safety and fire services and demonstrate an auxiliary communications function. Such an NFPA standard needs to accommodate all the below mentioned technologies (ham, MURS, GMRS, etc.). Cheers. Dave    
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Subject: [certcomms] Plans Announced to Update the Communications Act of 1934
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 17:52:37 -0500 
Though I should share this e-mail from the ARRL. We should encourage REACT and CERT leadership as well as the industry to monitor this and protect GMRS, FRS, MURS and the Citizens Band Radio. These are radio services that REACT Teams and CERT use frequently. Given the propensity of congress to act in the interest of those who have the best lobbyist we need to be proactive to see that we don’t lose spectrum and or various radio services. 
Paul – W4ATN
 
The US House Communications and Technology Subcommittee has announced plans for a multi-year effort to examine and update the Communications Act of 1934, the overarching law under which the FCC functions. The subcommittee, part of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee, is chaired by Oregon Republican Greg Walden, W7EQI. Walden and Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton of Michigan made the announcement December 3.
"Today we are launching a multi-year effort to examine our nation's communications laws and update them for the Internet era," Upton said in a news release. "The United States has been the global leader in innovation and growth of the Internet, but unfortunately, our communications laws have failed to keep pace."ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, noted that the most recent significant update of the Communications Act was in 1996. "Under the leadership of Greg Walden, the subcommittee and its staff are well equipped to take up the challenge," Sumner said. "The ARRL will be monitoring the work closely as it goes forward next year and beyond."The plan was made public via Google Hangout, where the committee leaders were joined by former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, who said he was "delighted" to learn of the update plans. Upton explained that the process, to start in 2014, will involve a series of white papers and hearings focusing on what might be done "to improve the laws surrounding the communications marketplace as well as a robust conversation utilizing all platforms of digital media."He suggested a bill would be ready by 2015.Walden said, "A lot has happened since the last update" and that the Communications Act is "now painfully out of date." He pointed out that the Act, drafted during the Great Depression, was last updated "when 56 kilobits per second via dial-up modem was state of the art."Upton said, "We must ensure that our laws make sense for today but are also ready for the innovations of tomorrow."Walden said he wants to open the discussion to input from everyone.Interested parties may follow the plan's progress via Twitter (I don't know the Twitter Feed - PB). "It's important for people to have an opportunity to weigh in," he said."This is really a public process to get better public policy." __._,_.___Reply via web postReply to sender Reply to group Start a New TopicMessages in this topic (1)Recent Activity:Visit Your GroupSwitch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback  .
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