Emergency Reporting Act
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Overview
The Emergency Reporting Act directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve how it tracks and reports on communications outages, particularly those affecting 9-1-1 services. Specifically, the FCC must hold annual public hearings on events triggering the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and issue reports detailing outage numbers, durations, and recommendations for network resilience. Additionally, the FCC will investigate the value of visual information in outage notifications and propose rule changes to enhance network outage reporting.
Key provisions
- The FCC must hold annual public hearings on events activated under the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).
- The FCC must issue reports after each hearing detailing outage information and recommendations.
- The FCC must investigate the value of visual information in outage notifications for public safety agencies.
- The FCC must assess the volume and nature of 9-1-1 outages that are not currently reported.
- The FCC must recommend changes to its rules to improve network outage reporting.
- Reports must be published on the FCC website.
- The FCC should include representatives from state, local, and tribal governments, residents, and other relevant stakeholders in the public hearings.
- The reports should consider information from electric utilities, communications infrastructure companies, and first responders.
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