CTIA and wireless carriers concerned about a pending proposal tha...
CTIA and wireless carriers concerned about a pending proposal that they provide outage information to the FCC got critical support for their arguments that the reporting could have negative implications for homeland security. Rep. Davis (R-Va.), chmn. of the…
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House Govt. Reform Committee, said requirements proposed by FCC run counter to the Critical Infrastructure Information Act (CIIA) approved by Congress in 2002. “The proposed FCC regulations run counter to the CIIA provisions, would reverse the intended impact of the Act, and negate the role of DHS in the protection of our nation,” Davis wrote Chmn. Powell in a letter Wed. “The FCC proposal is not crafted from a security perspective. We do not want to create additional vulnerabilities for critical infrastructure sectors.” FCC is expected to vote at its Aug. meeting on an order that would impose mandatory reporting requirements on wireless carriers. Davis asked the FCC to consider the full implications for CIIA before moving forward with a vote. A top wireless lobbyist said the letter shows growing concerns about the FCC proposal: “I think there are folks at DHS who are just tuning into the fact that the order may be counter to what they're trying to achieve on homeland security.”