Federal Communications Commission Hurricane Preparedness

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Federal Communications CommissionHurricane
Preparedness

• FCC Authorizes telecommunication services by
  issuing licenses, special temporary authority,
  waivers, etc.
• Collects network outage reports (not-publicly
  available)
• Hurricane Information is available at
  www.fcc.gov/cgb
• Consumer and industry Information
• Links to federal, state, local and tribal
  government resources
• Notice of Proposed Rule Making issued on June 19,
  2006 invites comment on the Recommendations of
  the Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of
  Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks