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NCS Priority and Other Services

The NCS offers a wide range of National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) communications services that support qualifying Federal, State, local and tribal government, industry, and non-profit organization personnel in performing their NS/EP missions. (Priority Telecommunications Services Brochure)

NS/EP Priority Telecommunications

Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) - provides emergency access and priority processing in the local and long distance segments of the public switched wireline network. Used in an emergency or crisis situation during which the probability of completing a call over normal or other alternate telecommunication means has significantly decreased. (GETS Brochure)

Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) - provides service vendors with a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate for prioritizing service requests by identifying those services critical to NS/EP. A telecommunications service with a TSP assignment is assured of receiving full attention by the service vendor before a non-TSP service. (TSP Brochure)

Wireless Priority Service (WPS) - provides priority cellular network access. The WPS was approved by the FCC for NS/EP requirements on a call-by-call priority basis. The NCS executes the program on behalf of the Executive Office of the President. Only individuals in NS/EP key leadership positions are authorized use of WPS (WPS Brochure).

Outreach

Booth Deployments - a list of all the booth deployments that the NCS will participate in during the year.

Modeling and Analysis

Network Design and Analysis Capability - provides NCS member agencies and other government organizations with analyses of the telecommunications infrastructure. Enables modeling and analysis of the public switched network (PSN) including the public switched telephone network (PSTN), Internet Protocol (IP) networks, internet telephony, next generation packet switched networks, control systems, and cable, wireless and satellite networks. The NDAC enables studies of natural and man-made disruptions to the PSN, and provides the ability to conduct vendor independent analyses, create models and methodologies to identify vulnerabilities and congestion, and identify network effectiveness solutions. Specifically, the NDAC:

• Supports planning and provisioning of NS/EP communications for the Federal government under all circumstances, including crisis or emergency, attack, recovery, reconstitution
• Maintains current/valid representation of PSN
• Enables custom modeling/simulation studies of telecommunications networks, including route diversity and interdependency studies, under a variety of NS/EP conditions
• Performs analysis of PSN dependability and resiliency under stresses induced during NS/EP situations
• Examines the effect of new and emerging technologies on the PSN and the Internet infrastructure, specifically how these effects may modify future NS/EP requirements
• Provides laboratory test bed perspectives on network performance resulting from emerging technologies
• >Incorporates flexibility to customize network architectures and routing schemes, introduce new carrier network data, and emulate the affects of emerging technologies

Access to these services may be obtained by contacting the NDAC Program Manager at (703) 607-6124.

Route Diversity Project - aids NCS member agencies by providing technical and regulatory information to help them increase the resiliency of their telecommunications networks. The RDP aims to accomplish this goal by creating helpful methodologies and by sharing RDP analyses and technology evaluation results. This site provides information on the Route Diversity Methodology (RDM), Abridged Route Diversity Methodology (ARDM), technology evaluation results and information sharing sessions and events.

National Coordinating Center (NCC) for Telecommunications

Shared Resources High Frequency Radio Program (SHARES) - The SHARES HF Radio Program brings together the assets of over 1,000 HF radio stations worldwide to voluntarily pass emergency messages when normal communications are destroyed or unavailable. SHARES uses common radio operating and message formatting procedures and more than 250 designated frequencies. Participation in SHARES is open to all Federal departments and agencies and their designated affiliates on a voluntary basis. More than 90 Federal, state, and industry organizations currently contribute resources throughout the United States and in 26 countries and U.S. possessions

Telecom ISAC - In January 2000, the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism designated the NCC-ISAC as the ISAC for telecommunications. On March 1, 2000, the NCC-ISAC commenced operations. The initial NCC-ISAC membership is based on NCC membership, which is evolving to reflect a broader base of technologies comprising the telecommunications infrastructure. NCC-ISAC will support the mission assigned by Executive Order 12472 and the national critical infrastructure protection goals of government and industry. The NCC-ISAC will facilitate voluntary collaboration and information sharing among its participants gathering information on vulnerabilities, threats, intrusions, and anomalies from telecommunications industry, government, and other sources. The NCC-ISAC will analyze the data with the goal of averting or mitigating impact upon the telecommunications infrastructure. Additionally, data will be used to establish baseline statistics and patterns and maintained to provide a library of historical data. Results will be sanitized and disseminated in accordance with sharing agreements established for that purpose by the NCC-ISAC participants.

Emergency Response Training (ERT)

Training and Exercise Support - Our mission is to ensure NCS readiness, enhance partnerships within government and industry, coordinate telecommunications operational planning among NCS elements, develop emergency response requirements, and to provide skilled civilians and reservists during crises and emergencies.

Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) - The National Communications System (NCS) Augmentee Program was established in 1988 to provide a cadre of skilled civilian and military reservists to enhance the efforts of the Office of the Manager, NCS (OMNCS), the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications (NCC), and NCS Regional Managers (RMs) during national crises and emergencies. The NCS Augmentee Program consists of two components: the civilian members of the National Defense Executive Reserve (NDER) and the U.S. Army reservists participating in the Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Program.

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