Restoring the Internet

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Restoring the Internet National Security
Emergencies

• Legislative and Regulatory Gaps?
• Lee M. Zeichner, Esq.
• LegalNet Works Inc.

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Argument

• Congress may need to update various national
  security legislative authorities to account for
  significant developments
• Technology (Voice/Data Convergence)
• Vulnerabilities
• New industries (Internet ISPs, DNS)
• Public-Private relationships (PCIS)

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Internet New Security StructuresLegislative Gaps

• Hypothetical Internet failure
• New Industry special programming skills,
  hardware
• Assume National security telecom emergency
• Must fix the software/hardware problem
• Direct, coordinate private sector activity
• As a legal matter legislative deficiencies/gaps?
  

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Telecom National Security EmergencyPublic-Private
Programs

• National Communications Systems (NCS)
• Confederation of Federal agencies
• Coordinate Public Telephone Network (PTN) crisis
• National Coordinating Center (NCC)
• EO 12472 (1984) Creates, pairs with NCS
• Private PTN carriers housed by DISA/DoD
• Focus Repair phone network, restore service
• National Security emergencies Phone system

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Legislative NS Telecom FoundationApply to the
Internet?

• Communications Act of 1934
• Legal foundation for NS policies/programs
• Legal basis for NCS and NCC partnership
• Does Communications include Internet?
• Congressional intent in 1934?
• If not, no authority to plan for -
• Restoring Internet service
• Establishing restoration priorities, in advance
• Directing ISP commercial activities

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Contact Information

• Lee M. Zeichner, Esq.
• LegalNet Works Inc.
• Email admin_at_leglnet.com
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]