providers and relevant government officials to continue
to communicate in the event of natural disasters, acts
of terrorism, and other man-made disasters;
(5) conduct extensive, nationwide outreach and
foster the development of interoperable emergency
communications capabilities by State, regional, local,
and tribal governments and public safety agencies, and
by regional consortia thereof;
(6) provide technical assistance to State,
regional, local, and tribal government officials with
respect to use of interoperable emergency
communications capabilities;
(7) coordinate with the Regional Administrators
regarding the activities of Regional Emergency
Communications Coordination Working Groups under
section 1805;
(8) promote the development of standard operating
procedures and best practices with respect to use of
interoperable emergency communications capabilities for
incident response, and facilitate the sharing of
information on such best practices for achieving,
maintaining, and enhancing interoperable emergency
communications capabilities for such response;
(9) coordinate, in cooperation with the National
Communications System, the establishment of a national
response capability with initial and ongoing planning,
implementation, and training for the deployment of
communications equipment for relevant State, local, and
tribal governments and emergency response providers in
the event of a catastrophic loss of local and regional
emergency communications services;
(10) assist the President, the National Security
Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget in
ensuring the continued operation of the
telecommunications functions and responsibilities of
the Federal Government, excluding spectrum management;
(11) establish, in coordination with the Director
of the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility,
requirements for interoperable emergency communications
capabilities, which shall be nonproprietary where
standards for such capabilities exist, for all public
safety radio and data communications systems