Executive Branch Views on Public Safety, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Elements of a National Broadband Plan

摘要

The National Broadband Plan ('Plan') is an historic opportunity for the Commission to set out a path forward for the next generation of public safety communications, Next Generation 911 (NG911) communications, and contribute to the ongoing efforts to address cybersecurity needs. In this document, representing the collective experience of key Executive Branch agencies, the Administration presents its vision for harnessing the power of the Internet and public-private partnerships to meet these critical national challenges. The Plan can chart a path that leverages the unique, innovative dynamics of the Internet in order to address important public safety, national security, and homeland defense priorities. We are in an era of decentralized communications characterized by innovation at the edge of networks, facilitated by open-standards and lightweight protocols. Successful strategies for managing public safety, cybersecurity, and NG911 resources will begin by recognizing and leveraging the characteristics of the Internet that make cyberspace complex, incompatible with traditional command-and-control regulation, and innovative. Internet-driven innovation has fueled advances across the computer, communications and information marketplaces. Innovative information and communication services are enabled by a layered, open platform design strategy that facilitates the development of many diverse applications and services on top of open networks built using common technical standards. Public safety communications can benefit enormously from adoption of this new model.