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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.




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