ODP Information Bulletin
                  No. 00-12 September 5, 2000


          TO:       All State Administrative Agency Heads
          All State Administrative Agency Points of Contact

          FROM:     C.H. Straub, II
          Director

          SUBJECT:  August 30, 2000 Consequence Management News, Equipment and Training
          (CoMNET) Satellite Broadcast


The Office for Domestic Preparedness Support (ODP), the Director of
Military Support (DOMS) Consequence Management Program Integration Office (CoMPIO), and
the Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office (CTTSO) Technical Support Working
Group (TSWG) are co-sponsoring CoMNET (Consequence Management News, Equipment and
Training (CoMNET) magazine), a recurring satellite broadcast program offering Weapons of
Mass Destruction (WMD) related awareness information to the Nation's civilian and military
emergency response communities.  CoMNET is a news magazine style program consisting of
multiple segments, similar to the National Alert programs aired on the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's (FEMA) Emergency Education Network (EENET).  The target audience
for this program includes both the civilian and military emergency response communities at all
levels of government; the broadcasts will also be useful to local, state, and federal administrators
responsible for WMD resources and operational considerations that may impact their
communities.

The first CoMNET broadcast will take place on August 30, 2000 from 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.,
EST, and will include a "live" call-in discussion at the end of the program.  The broadcast will be
carried over the following satellite networks:  

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Education Network (EENET)
The Environmental Protection Agency's Air Pollution Distance Learning Network (APDLN)
The Department of Energy's Digital Video Teleconferencing Network (DVT)
The National Guard's Guard Net XXI
The Air Force's Air Technology Network (ATN)
The Army's Satellite Education Network (SEN)
The Government Education Training Network (GETN)
The Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN)
The Federal Emergency Training Network (FETN)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's FBI Training Network (FBITN)
The Air National Guard "Warrior Network"
The  Military Teletraining Network (TNET)
The Police Officers' Standards Training Network (POST)

In addition to the above satellite networks, any location with a satellite dish may register to carry the
CoMNET broadcasts by using the attached registration form.  Following receipt of this form, satellite
coordinates for the broadcasts will be provided to the requesting party.

I strongly urge you to take advantage of these broadcasts, and to encourage the emergency response
community within your state to do so as well.  Please disseminate the attached CoMNET information
sheet and registration form 

Current information regarding CoMNET broadcasts can also be found on the ODP website
(http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/).



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