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	Homeland Security: Links to Emergency Telecommunications Web Sites
		TSP is a FCC program used to identify and prioritize telecommunication services that support national security or emergency preparedness (NS/EP) missions.
		GETS is a telecommunications service provided by the Office of the Manager, National Communications System (OMNCS) that supports federal, state, and local government, industry, and non-profit organization personnel in performing their National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) missions.
		It is intended to be used in an emergency or crisis situation during which the probability of completing a call over normal or other alternate telecommunication means has significantly decreased.
	www.fcc.gov /hspc/emergencytelecom.html (304 words)

	RFC 4542 - Implementing an Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS) for Real-Time Services in the Internet Protocol ...
		Emergency Telecommunications Services Before doing so, however, let us discuss the problem that ETS (and therefore IEPS) is intended to solve and the architecture of the system.
		Telephony services generally require peak call admission rates on the order of thousands of calls per minute and peak call levels comparable to the capacities of the lines in question, which is generally on the order of thousands to tens of thousands of calls.
		Interaction with the Differentiated Services Architecture In the PATH message, the DCLASS object described in [RFC2996] is used to carry the determined DSCP for the precedence level of that call in the stream.
	www.packetizer.com /rfc/rfc4542 (10703 words)

	CSC: Contracts: Other Government Contracts: GETS
		In response to White House tasking, the NCS developed the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) and the Wireless Priority Service (WPS) so that NS/EP personnel can communicate over the local and long distance wireline and wireless segments of the world's greatest telecommunications asset, the nation's Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN), during times of crisis.
		CSC works with service providers, switch manufacturers, the NCS and their Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance contractor to bring the capabilities of the telecommunications industry together into a technologically sophisticated but easy-to-use nationwide service.
		Our mission is to provide customers in government and industry with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
	dynis.dyncsc.com /contracts/other/gets.htm (586 words)

	IETF plans emergency system for Internet
		The government wants the Internet to prioritize disaster-relief communications in a way that is similar to a capability already available in the public switched telephone system through the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS).
		Members of the IETF's emergency preparedness working group say they can meet the GETS requirement by tapping existing signaling standards such as the Session Initiation Protocol, which is used to initiate voice over IP calls, and Differentiated Services, or DiffServ, which can differentiate among classes of network traffic.
		Although the U.S. government is pushing hardest for the IETF to develop the emergency preparedness scheme, other nations including Japan and the U.K. are also testing Internet-based emergency communications.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/2002/0,4814,69452,00.html (689 words)

	Roxen Community: RFC 3689 General Requirements for Emergency Telecommunication Service (ETS) (Informational) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Users of emergency network services SHOULD consider deploying end-to-end integrity and authentication, rather than relying on services that might be offered by any single provider of emergency network services.
		Some emergency communications might have a requirement that they not be susceptible to interception or viewing by others, due to the sensitive and urgent nature of emergency response activities.
		In cases where emergency related flows occur outside of controlled environments, the development of technologies based on admission control is not recommended as the foundation of emergency services.
	community.roxen.com /developers/idocs/rfc/rfc3689.html (2388 words)

	HHS-IRM-2002-0001 HHS IRM Policy for Government Emergency Telecommunication System Cards Ordering, Usage and Termination
		HHS is the U.S. Government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
		The Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) is a telecommunications service provided by the Office of the Manager, National Communications System (OMNCS) that supports Federal, state, and local government, industry, and non-profit organization personnel in performing their National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) missions.
		It is intended to be used in an emergency or crisis situation during which the probability of completing a call over normal or other alternate telecommunication means has significantly decreased.
	www.hhs.gov /read/irmpolicy/0201.html (1467 words)

	Workshop on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief
		He is now leading the national and international standards development initiatives for the next generation of emergency telecommunication services for to support recovery operations from serious natural and man-made disasters.
		He is accountable for ensuring that a wide range of diverse telecommunications services operate harmoniously and economically within the limited available radio frequency spectrum, that radio frequencies are assigned fairly and appropriately, and that interference between civil and military telecom systems and between Canadian and foreign radiocommunication stations is minimized.
		He is in charge of the secretariat of the Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications (WGET) and convenor of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee's Reference Group on ICT, and he regularly represents the United Nations and the humanitarian community in ITU fora and other major international conferences.
	www.itu.int /ITU-T/worksem/ets/cvs.html (2657 words)

	Cybertelecom :: Priority / Emergency Service
		The Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Program is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program used to identify and prioritize telecommunication services that support national security or emergency preparedness (NS/EP) missions.
		It is intended to be used in an emergency or crisis situation when the PSTN is congested and the probability of completing a call over normal or other alternate telecommunication means has significantly decreased.
		The type of service is used to specify the treatment of the datagram during its transmission through the internet system.
	www.cybertelecom.org /security/priority.htm (956 words)

	FRB: Press Release--Priority telecommunications services--December 3, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced revisions to its policy and procedures for sponsoring private-sector organizations under federal programs that provide priority telecommunications services to entities that are important to national security and emergency preparedness.
		In addition, the Board is adopting sponsorship criteria for the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service program, which provides emergency access and priority processing of local and long-distance calls over the terrestrial public switched network, and for the Wireless Priority Service program, which provides priority routing of cellular calls during periods of severe network congestion.
		To be eligible for Board sponsorship, organizations must be essential to the performance of national security and emergency preparedness needed to maintain the national economic posture during a national or regional emergency.
	www.federalreserve.gov /boarddocs/press/other/2002/20021203/default.htm (265 words)

	Government Emergency Telecommunications Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		GETS is intended to be used in an emergency or crisis situation when the public switched telephone network is congested and the probability of completing a call over normal or other alternate telecommunication means is reduced.
		GETS is necessary because reliance on telecommunications has been accompanied by an increased vulnerability to network congestion and system failures.
		WPS users have the ability to queue at the top for the next available capacity from their closest base station in order to place their call, greatly enhancing their ability to complete wireless calls during these critical times and assist the situation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_Emergency_Telecommunications_Service (514 words)

	Notification of ODP Initiatives Included in the Interagency Security Plan
		In the wake of natural or man-made disasters, telecommunications service vendors may become overwhelmed with requests for new telecommunications services and requirements to restore existing telecommunications services.
		A telecommunications service with a TSP assignment is assured of receiving full attention by the service vendor before a non-TSP service.
		During emergencies, wireless service providers can experience congestion in their networks that impinges on the ability of national security and emergency preparedness personnel to use wireless services.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /odp/docs/info132.htm (4341 words)

	ExpectMore.gov: Preparedness -- Infrastructure Protection National Communications Service
		In addition to Priority Telecommunication Services, the NCS administers the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications to facilitate the initiation, coordination, restoration, and, reconstitution of NS/EP telecommunications services or facilities under all circumstances.
		The NCS Committee of Principals (COP) has established a Priority Services Working group that is conducting an evaluation of current priority service programs, an examination of outreach efforts, an assessment of cost issues, and an analysis of the potential impact of future technologies and their bearing on priority telecommunications programs.
		During significant disasters, the government collects data to ensure that calls are completed in a stressed network environment and call completion rates are meeting or exceeding the target of 90% GETS call completion rate.
	www.whitehouse.gov /omb/expectmore/detail.10003617.2005.html (3340 words)

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		Further, the specifications of requirements that are aimed at adhering to regulations or laws of governments is also out of the scope of this document.
		Users of emergency network services SHOULD consider deploying end-to-end integrity and authentication, rather than relying on services that might be offered by any single provider of emergency network services.
		In cases where emergency related flows occur outside of controlled environments, the development of technologies based on admission control is not recommended as the foundation of emergency services.
	www.ietf.org /rfc/rfc3689.txt (2599 words)

	Roxen Community: RFC 4542 Implementing an Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS) for Real-Time Services in the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		RFCs 3689 and 3690 detail requirements for an Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS), of which an Internet Emergency Preparedness Service (IEPS) would be a part.
		A US service similar to MLPP and using MLPP signaling technology, but built for use in civilian networks, is the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS).
		The Quality of Service architecture used in the data path is that of [RFC2475].
	community.roxen.com /developers/idocs/rfc/rfc4542.html (10962 words)

	RFC 3690 (rfc3690) - IP Telephony Requirements for Emergency Telecommunica
		Introduction Effective telecommunications capabilities can be imperative to facilitate immediate recovery operations for serious disaster events, such as, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks.
		Absence of a mapping means that the signaling reverts to a default service (presumably one attributed to the general public).
		Finally, in cases where labels are expected to be acted upon by operators, these operators SHOULD have the capability of authenticating the label on a received message or transmission in order to prevent theft of service and reduce risk of denial of service (e.g., by unauthorized users consuming any limited resources).
	www.faqs.org /rfcs/rfc3690.html (1590 words)

	GETS Cards Applications
		The NCS has developed a number of priority telecommunications services that are also available to private sector entities through sponsorship by an NCS member department or agency.
		GETS is a telecommunications voice service that supports federal, state, and local government; industry; and non-profit organizations in performing their NS/EP missions by providing emergency access and priority processing for voice communications services in the local and long-distance segments of the Public Switched Network (PSN).
		Essential services and systems are those that have no easily accessible substitute and that are necessary to support one of three critical NS/EP functions in key financial markets and payment mechanisms: necessary crisis response and coordination activities; resumption and maintenance of economic activity; and the orderly completion of outstanding financial transactions and necessary offsetting transactions.
	www.sec.gov /info/adviser/getscards.htm (1006 words)

	ESF-2 Demobilizes After Assisting Disaster Victims With Communication Needs
		ESF-2 was responsible for the restoration/repair of telecommunications infrastructure for state, local and private sector communications services.
		One ESF-2 priority was to re-establish emergency 911 services to the Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes.
		Embedding telecommunication experts into the most devastated parishes to ensure immediate on-site coordination between parish officials and the U.S. government.
	www.ohsep.louisiana.gov /newsrelated/ESF2Demob.htm (274 words)

	Wireless service works in more areas
		It is the cellular equivalent of the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service, which provides priority wireline service to national security and emergency personnel.
		By May 2002, the service could be invoked on every call made from a WPS subscriber’s cell phone, rather than on a call-by-call basis.
		That means end-to-end priority service from the caller’s phone throughout the cellular and interexchange landline networks to the number dialed.
	www.gcn.com /print/22_13/22233-1.html (1029 words)

	CSC: CSC SIGNS $200 MILLION CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM May 17, 2004
		CSC estimates the value of the contract modification to the company to be approximately $200 million if all options are exercised over the term of the contract, which has a two-year base period and three one-year options.
		The government’s original vision for WPS included a service compatible with all major wireless carriers in the United States.
		CSC’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
	www.csc.com /newsandevents/news/2741.shtml (455 words)

	Sonus Networks, Inc. - Press
		GETS is an emergency telecommunications service provided by the NCS in the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Division of the Department of Homeland Security.
		SIP RPH is considered one of the key elements for critical government network applications, which require per call prioritization (precedence) for emergency calls in Homeland Security and military Command and Control applications.
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	www.sonusnet.com /contents/press/press.cfm?release=308 (625 words)

	IETF plans emergency system for Internet
		The U.S. government wants the Internet to prioritize disaster-relief communications in a way that is similar to a capability already available in the public switched telephone system through the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS).
		Essentially, the U.S. government wants the ability to mark packets going through the Internet as emergency communications and then develop a plan to ensure these packets get preferential treatment by all the ISPs that carry them.
		Government officials and contractors argue that adding a GETS-like capability will not have a major impact on the Internet's performance.
	www.networkworld.com /news/2002/0320ietf.html (909 words)

	Emergency service in a best-effort world
		This feature is designed to be used in times of emergency by medical services, some government officials, firefighters, police and some industry emergency response teams.
		One proposal that is being discussed by the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications Union and European Telecommunications Standards Institute is based on the International Emergency Preparedness Scheme.
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	www.networkworld.com /columnists/2001/1008bradner.html (658 words)

	FDIC: FIL-84-2002: Interim Sponsorship Policy for Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (Gets) Cards
		The GETS Card Program is a telecommunications voice service that supports federal, state, and local government; industry; and nonprofit organizations by providing emergency access and priority processing for voice communications services in the local and long-distance segments of the publicly switched network (PSN).
		The program is administered by the National Communications System and is intended to be used in an emergency or crisis situation when heavy usage of the PSN by organizations and the public decreases the probability of completing a call.
		Generally, financial institutions that perform national security or emergency preparedness functions essential to the maintenance of the nation's economic posture during any national or regional emergency will qualify for program sponsorship.
	www.fdic.gov /news/news/financial/2002/fil0284.html (716 words)

	Government Emergency Telecommunications Service
		The Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) is an organization established to support the United States National Communications System (NCS).
		In the event of an emergency, the authorities would be able to gain faster access to telecommunications resources than the every-day citizen.
		To gain special access privileges, government officials and emergency service personnel would utilize a special universal access number and PIN for authentication.
	www.mobilein.com /gets.htm (587 words)

	Definition: government emergency telecommunications service
		Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS): A special federal government telecommunications service that provides National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) users with priority switched voice and voiceband data communications during periods of emergency or crisis.
		GETS is maintained in a constant state of readiness to make maximum use of all available PSN telephone resources should network congestion or damage occur during an emergency or crisis.
		GETS calls receive priority over other traffic through special features such as trunk queuing, exemption from restrictive network management controls and Alternate Carrier Routing (ACR) on approximately 85% of all local carrier access lines.
	www.atis.org /tg2k/_government_emergency_telecommunications_service.html (218 words)

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