§ 202.0   Objectives.

   (a)  During, or in anticipation of, a non-wartime emergency or natural
   disaster, a telecommunications capacity must exist to provide temporary
   telecommunications service to State and local government officials and other
   persons deemed appropriate by the President.

   (b) In the event of a general war and attack upon the Nation, a national
   telecommunications   capability   must   exist   that   will   support
   telecommunications requirements with respect to national security, survival
   and recovery. The development of survivable telecommunications to support
   essential  functions (including an emergency broadcasting system), and
   technical compatibility of signaling methods, transmission modes, switching
   facilities, and terminal devices to permit exchange of communications over
   the surviving media of all systems, government or commercial, are crucial
   elements of such a national capability. In addition, a survivable national
   telecommunications management structure is necessary to manage initiation,
   coordination and restoration of telecommunications services. The management
   structure must include the following:

   (1) Legal authority for telecommunications management.

   (2)  A  control  mechanism  to manage the initiation, coordination and
   restoration of telecommunications services.

   (3) Procedures to ensure timely damage assessment and allocation of residual
   resources  and  controlled  restoration  of services based on national
   policy/direction.

   (4) The capability to execute a telecommunications recovery plan based on
   national policy/guidance.

   (c) Notwithstanding any provision regarding NS/EP Planning and Execution,
   nothing  in  this  part  shall  be deemed to affect the authorities or
   responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or
   any Office or official thereof; or reassign any function assigned any agency
   under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
   amended,  or under any other law, or any function vested by law in the
   Federal Communications Commission.

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