FCC: Nominations for new Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group

Fri Aug 10 23:14:21 UTC 2018

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-837A1.pdf

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) solicits nominations 
for membership on a new Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group of 
the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC). This new working group 
will assist the BDAC in providing advice and recommendations to the 
Commission on steps that can be taken to improve disaster preparation, 
response, and recovery for broadband infrastructure.

Nominations for membership to the BDAC’s Disaster Response and Recovery 
Working Group should be submitted to the FCC no later than September 7, 
2018.

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The BDAC’s Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group will be charged 
with making recommendations on additional measures that can be taken 
before a disaster to improve resiliency of broadband infrastructure, 
strategies that can be used during the response to a disaster to minimize 
the downtime of broadband networks, and actions that can be taken to 
restore broadband infrastructure during disaster recovery.

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