State and Local Emergency Needs:
Standards, Training, Exercises, Strategic
Planning, and New Infrastructure
Requirements
STANDARDS
Dan Bart, TIA
Co-Chair ANSI HSSP
December 13, 2005
Presentation Overview
 Standards Portfolio at
DHS S&T
 ANSI Homeland
Security Standards
Panel (ANSI HSSP)
 TIA Standards in
Support of HS and
Emergency
Communications
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Standards at DHS S&T
 Standards MISSION:
– Building confidence in homeland security technologies,
products, services, personnel, and systems
 Develop and coordinate the adoption of national
standards and appropriate evaluation methods
to meet homeland security mission needs
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􀂃 Requirements Development
􀂃 Standards Development and Adoption
􀂃 Testing and Evaluation – Test Method Validation
􀂃 Conformity Assessment – Compliance Testing
􀂃 Coordination with Federal, state, local government,
private sector and international standards community
DHS Standards
 DHS lacks statutory authority to issue standards
except in limited legacy programs – Coast Guard
marine safety equipment
 Public Law 104-113 (1995) - National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) directs
that agencies will use voluntary consensus
standards
 DHS will leverage expertise and resources of its
partners at NIST and in the private sector
standards communities to develop voluntary
consensus standards
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DHS Multiple Layers of Standards
Requirements
 High visibility interagency issues (cyber
security, communications, biometrics)
 Cross-cutting issues within the new
Department (emergency preparedness, first
responder equipment, risk assessment)
 Infrastructure support for standards for
components (data standards, cyber for CIO;
mission support Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA,
Secret Service)
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DHS Strategic Partners for
Standards
 Interagency Agreement with National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
 Coordination/collaboration with specific agencies
– DOE for RadNuc Countermeasures
– DOD, CDC, USDA, FDA, EPA for bio countermeasures
– DOJ/FBI, DOS for biometrics
 Alliance with American National Standards Institute
(ANSI HSSP) and 300 + Standards Development
Organizations (SDOs)
– WWW.ANSI.ORG/HSSP
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– WWW.HSSD.US
Standards
Portfolio
Threats
Emergency
Preparedness
and Response
Conformity
Assessment
Borders &
Transportation
Information
Analysis and
Infrastructure
Protection
Incident
Management
Biometrics
Modeling,
Simulation, and
Analysis
Biological
Countermeasures
Communications
RFID
Heating, Ventilation,
and Air
Conditioning
Radiological &
Nuclear
Countermeasures
Training
X-Ray
Sensors
High Explosives
Countermeasures
Personal
Protective
Equipment
Customs
Structures
Cyber
Urban Search and
Rescue Robots
Chemical
Countermeasures
Geospatial
Information
Standards
Number of standards in ANSI HSSD
6500
Number of standards adopted by DHS
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HSSD entries by SDO
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ASTM 223
ASME 4
ASHRAE 38
IEEE 75
AOAC 0
UL 22
NFPA 131
TIA 11
Homeland Security Standards
Database, www.hssd.us
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Update on Activities of the
ANSI Homeland Security
Standards Panel
Background: Standards
Coordination Needed
 The National Strategy for Homeland
Security (2002) identified the need for
standards to support homeland security
(HS) and emergency preparedness
– Fourteen critical infrastructure areas were noted
 January 2, 2003 Report for Congress
stated:
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– “Neither the federal government, nor the nongovernmental
sector presently has a comprehensive, consolidated
program for developing new preparedness standards.”
Response: ANSI-HSSP
 February 5, 2003: Formation of ANSI-
HSSP announced
 Facilitate the identification of existing and
development and enhancement of new
homeland security standards
 Examine role for conformity assessment
activities
 Serve as private/public sector forum for
standards issues that cut cross-sector
– A partnership, Co-Chairs provided by industry and
government
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ANSI-HSSP Structure
 Led by ANSI-HSSP Co-Chairs
 Steering Committee
– Comprised of Government Agencies, ANSI SDOs, nonANSI SDOs, and Companies (ANSI members and nonANSI)
– Acts as US TAG to ISO SAG
 Full Panel: Approximately 100 organizational
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participants
Workshops utilized to address specific HS
standards areas
ANSI-HSSP Participation
 Participation on the HSSP is open to all
affected interests (ANSI and non-ANSI
members), including:
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Federal, State and Local governments
Industry representatives
Trade Associations and Professional Societies
Standards Developers (ANSI and non-ANSI)
Fora/Consortia
Academia
Consumer interests
Activities since Plenary in 2004
 A plenary meeting was held September 2005
 Published final report from workshop on Biological and
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Chemical Threat Agents
Launched workshop on standardization for Enterprise Power
Security and Continuity
Launched workshop on Perimeter Security standardization
Held final meeting of the workshop on standardization for
Training Programs for First Response to WMD events
ANSI completed the Homeland Security Standards Database
(HSSD), which includes input from previous HSSP workshops
convened
Partner with homeland security efforts such as DHS National
Preparedness Month, NCSP, NGATS Security IPT, etc.
ANSI-HSSP Activities
Going Forward
 Emergency Communications workshop to meet
December 14 and 15 at NIST, Gaithersburg
– October meeting cancelled due to Katrina
 Final report of Training Programs workshop being
finalized
 Task groups working in Power Security and Perimeter
Security areas
 Steering Committee to provide input to ISO/IEC Strategic
Advisory Group (SAG) on Security
 Continue to examine potential new areas for workshops
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Types of Emergency
Communications
 Individual/Organization-to-Individual/Organization:
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A citizen communicating an emergency to another citizen or private organization via available options
[e.g., ON-STAR-like message, amateur radio, mobile and land-line communications (e.g., CMRS, FRS,
GMRS, CB, etc.) , broadcast and mass media, Internet, email lists, faxes, information services, and word
of mouth]. Includes employer-to-employee and employer-to-employer emergency communications.
Includes Employer-to-Employee and Employer-to-Employer
 Individual/Organization-to-Government:
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A citizen communicating an emergency message to appropriate authorities via available options (e.g.,
E9-1-1/1-1-2 call to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), call to HSOC, amateur radio, and mobile
communications (with or without location services).
 Government-to-Individual/Organization:
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Government or authorized officials communicating alerts or details of an emergency to citizens via
available options (e.g., Governmental mass media alerts, citizen accessible radio services and common
channels, highway alerts, voluntary citizen alert services [localized and national], e-mail/voice-mail and
word of mouth).
 Government-to-Government:
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Governmental authorities communicating to each other, other agencies and appropriate National Security
/ Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP)-designated private industry concerns and coordinators (i.e., using
all forms of telecommunications services, private radio, Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS), email/messaging alerts, etc.).
WWW.TIAONLINE.ORG
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Introduction to TIA
 Trade organization and Standards
Development Organization (SDO) serving
the communications and information
technology industry
 Three primary activities:
– Standards development
– Trade shows / marketing
– Global public policy
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Introduction to TIA
 TIA is accredited by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) as a Standards
Development Organization (SDO)
 The 5th largest ANSI SDO measured by number of
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American National Standards
Over 1,000 published specifications and standards
TIA standards activities began in the 1920’s
– One Committee, TR-8, meeting continuously since 1944
– This Committee works on interoperability standards for Public
Safety users, narrowband, wideband and broadband
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TIA HS Leadership
 Sector Coordinator PDD-
 Participate on WGs of
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63 and HSPD-7
Member NCC ISAC
Steering Committee of
Comm SCC
Sector Lead to PCIS and
Secretary Treasurer of
PCIS
Co-Chair ANSI HSSP
Advisory Committee of
National Public Safety
Telecommunications
Council (NPSTC)
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NSTAC and NIAC
Steering Committee of
NCSP
Participate in DOC/NTIA
Economic Security WG
Executive Board of NIUSR
Advisory Committee of
DHS SAFECOM
FCC PS National
Coordination Committee
(NCC)
FCC NRIC
TIA HS Standards
 Project 25 and MESA
– Mobility for Emergency and
Safety Applications
– Narrowband, wideband and
broadband
 cdma2000® standards for
IMT-2000
 Wireless Priority Service
(WPS)
 Lawfully Authorized
Electronic Surveillance
(LAES)
– Lead SDO supporting
CALEA
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 E-911 and Location-based
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standards
Terrestrial Mobile
Multimedia Multicast
(TM3)
NSTAC NGN for NS/EP
IPoS
VoIP
xxoIP
Support for Gig-E
Networks
WWW.TIAONLINE.ORG/CIP
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THANK YOU!
Contacts: Dan Bart
dbart@tiaonline.org
+1.703.907.7703
ANSI HSSP: Matt Deane
mdeane@ansi.org