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Telecom News

	NS/EP Telecom News - 2004-01		NS/EP Telecom News - 2000-02
	NS/EP Telecom News - 2003-02		NS/EP Telecom News - 2000-01
	NS/EP Telecom News - 2003-01		NS/EP Telecom News - 1999-03
	NS/EP Telecom News - 2002-01		NS/EP Telecom News - 1999-02
	NS/EP Telecom News - 2001-01		NS/EP Telecom News - 1999-01
	NS/EP Telecom News - 2000-03

NCS Annual Reports

	NCS Annual Report - 2007		NCS Annual Report - 2001
	NCS Annual Report - 2006		NCS Annual Report - 2000
	NCS Annual Report - 2005		NCS Annual Report - 1999
	NCS Annual Report - 2004		NCS Annual Report - 1998
	NCS Annual Report - 2003		NCS Annual Report - 1997
	NCS Annual Report - 2002

Federal Telecommunications Recommendations

	Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard
	Detailed Specification for 62.5, Core Diameter/125-m Cladding Diameter Class 1a Multimode, Graded Index, Optical Waveguide Fibers
	Group 3 Facsimile Apparatus for Document Transmission
	High Frequency Radio Automatic Link Establishment Addressing and Registration
	High Frequency Radio Baseline Parameters
	Procedures for Document Facsimile Transmission
	Project 25 Radio Equipment
	Video Teleconferencing Services
	Video Teleconferencing Services at 56 to 1,920 kbit/s

	NCS Directive 1-1: Organization, Membership, and Administration National Communications System (NCS) Issuance System
	NCS Directive 1-1-1: Organization, Membership, and Administration Procedures and Format for NCS Issuances
	NCS Directive 1-2: Organization, Membership, and Administration National Communications System (NCS) Membership
	NCS Directive 2-1: Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) Telecommunications Planning Process
	NCS Directive 2-2: Plans, Programs, and Fiscal Management National Level NS/EP Telecommunications Program (NLP) Funding
	NCS Directive 3-1: Telecommunications Operations Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for NS/EP
		NCS Manual 3-1-1: Telecommunications Operations Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for NS/EP - Service User Manual
		NCS Handbook 3-1-2: Telecommunications Operations Service Vendor Handbook for the Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Program
	NCS Directive 3-3: Telecommunications Operations Shared Resources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program
		NCS Manual 3-3-1: Telecommunications Operations Shared Resources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program - Manual
	NCS Directive 3-4: Telecommunications Operations National Telecommunications Management Structure (NTMS)
	NCS Directive 3-8: Telecommunications Operations Provisioning of Emergency Power in Support of NS/EP Telecommunications
	NCS Directive 3-9: Telecommunications Operations Communications Resource Information Sharing Initiative
	NCS Directive 4-1: Technology and Standards Federal Telecommunications Standards Program
	NCS Directive 4-2: Technology and Standards Focal Point for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Information
	NCS Directive 4-3: Technology and Standards Interoperability of Telecommunications in Support of NS/EP

Publications

	40th Anniversary Brochure		Homeland Defense Cost
	NSTAC 20th Anniversary Brochure		Meeting the Needs of America's Crucial First Responders
	Electronic Intrusion Threat Report		PSN Security Assessment Guidelines

Policy Documents

National Communications System Historical Documents

	NSAM 252 - Establishment of the National Communications System
	National Security Decision Directive 97
	Executive Order 12472 - Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness
	Executive Order 12656 - Assignment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities
	Executive Order 12382 - President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

Executive Orders

	Executive Order 13385 - Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
	Executive Order 13260 - Establishing the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council
	Executive Order 13231 - Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age
	Executive Order 13228 - Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council
	Executive Order 13225 - Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
	Executive Order 13035 - Further Amendment to Executive Order 13035
	Executive Order 13010 - Critical Infrastructure Protection
	Executive Order 12974 - Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
	Executive Order 12838 - Termination and Limitation of Federal Advisory Committees
	Executive Order 12656 - Assignment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities
	Executive Order 12472 - Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness
	Executive Order 12382 - President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
	Executive Order 12333 - United States Intelligence Activities

Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD)

	HSPD-9 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive - Defense of United States Agriculture and Food
	HSPD-8 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive - National Preparedness
	HSPD-7 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive - Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection
	HSPD-6 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive - Integration and Use of Screening Information
	HSPD-5 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive - Management of Domestic Incidents
	HSPD-4 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive [unclassified version]: National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction.
	HSPD-3 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive - Homeland Security Advisory System
	Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 - Organization and Operation of the Homeland Security Council
	Homeland Security Presidential Directive 2 - Combating Terrorism Through Immigration Policies

National Plans

	DHS National Response Plan
	Procedures For Handling Critical Infrastructure Information
	President's Strategy for Homeland Security Strategy for establishing the Department of Homeland Security
	The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
	The Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets
	State and Local Actions for Homeland Security

Strategic Plans

Department of Homeland Security Strategic Plan

Technical Notes

	Public Key Infrastructure
	A Comparison of IEEE 802.11a and HIPERLAN/2 Wireless Networks
	Bluetooth Personal Area Network Technology
	Channel Reservation vs. PACA Queuing: A Comparison of Priority Call Handling Techniques
	Differentiated Services - One Solution for Priority Over the Internet
	Digital Subscriber Line Technology
	Direct Broadcast Satellite Radio
	E-mail Over High Frequency (HF) Radio: Filling the Communications Gap During Unexpected Telephone Outage
	NS/EP Implications of GPS Timing
	Signaling System 7 Internet Protocol Interconnection
	Standards for Protection of Telecommunications Links
	Ultra-Wideband Technology
	Wireless IP - The Internet Without Wires

2007
	07-01 Broadband Over Power Lines

2005
	05-4 Cyber Vulnerabilities Within the National Infrastructure's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems: Cyber Vulnerabilities Within Telecommunications Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems
	05-2 IEEE Standard 802.1X For Local and Metropolitan Area Networks Port-Based Network Access Control
	05-1 VoIP/E9-1-1 for NS/EP

2004
	04-2 Internet Technologies in a Converged Network
	04-1 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems

2003
	03-3 Internet Protocol Over Optical Transport Networks
	03-2 SMS over SS7

2002
	02-4 Advancements in Photonic Network Architecture Migration: The Evolution and Deployment of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS), and Advanced Optical Switching
	02-3 Virtual Private Networks and Their Use in Support of National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP)
	02-1 Network Planning for 21st Century Intelligent Systems and Smart Structures: Advanced Concepts in Telecommunications for National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP)

2001
	01-2 Photonic Network Architecture: Next Generation Internet Applications

2000
	00-8 The Convergence of Signaling System 7 & Voice-over-IP
	00-7 All Optical Networks
	00-4 Adopting the Defense Message System (DMS): A Guide Book
	00-3 Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Networks

1999
	99-6 Multicast of Internet Protocol Packets Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks
	99-5 ITU-T GII Standardization Initiative
	99-4 Telecommunications Network Time Synchronization
	99-3 Gigabit Networking
	99-2 Relationships of Popular Transmission Characteristics to Perceived Quality for Digital Video Over ATM
	99-1 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Over Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Systems

1998
	98-7 Asynchronous Transfer Mode Addressing Issues
	98-6 Asynchronous Transfer Mode Standardization
	98-5 Signaling System Number 7 Standardization
	98-4 Selected Asynchronous Transfer Mode/Emerging Satellite Communications Technology Interface Issues
	98-2 Selected ATM/Internet Protocol (IP) Technical Interface Considerations

	SHARES Bulletin - August 2005
	SHARES Bulletin - March 2004
	SHARES Bulletin - June 2001
	SHARES Bulletin - April 2000
	SHARES Bulletin - March 1999
	SHARES Bulletin - May 1998
	SHARES Bulletin - September 1997

	National Communications System Committee of Principals (COP)
	Enhanced Long Range Navigation (eLoran)
	Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)
	Telecommunications Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC)
	National Coordinating Center (NCC)
	National Communications System (NCS)
	NCS NS/EP Priority Telecommunications Service Center
	Network Design and Analysis Capability (NDAC)
	Route Diversity Project (RDP)
	Shared Resources High Frequency Radio Program (SHARES)
	Telecommunications Priority Service (TSP)
	Wireless Priority Service (WPS)

Internet Priority Service (IPS) Request for Information (RFI) Assessment Report

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