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  Outage Information Sharing Workshop Sep
                  07
                  2022

              Outage Information Sharing Workshop
                10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
                Online Only

          This workshop is for federal, state, territories, Tribal agencies, and agencies of the District of Columbia that will soon be eligible to access the Federal Communications Commission’s Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) and Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).The event is designed to help educate participating agencies about the public safety benefits of the information, provide insight on how to best interpret the information, and to review the rules that must be followed to access NORS and DIRS filings.



AGENDA

**10:00 AM - CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME**

Co-moderator, William Kang, PSHSB, FCC
	Co-moderator, Suzon Cameron, PSHSB, FCC**10:05 AM – OPENING REMARKS**

PSHSB Chief, Deb Jordan**10:15 AM – PANEL 1: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT USING NORS & DIRS**

Michael Caiafa, NORS/DIRS Analyst, PSHSB, FCC
	Ryan Hedgpeth, Telecommunications Specialist, PSHSB, FCC
	Saswat Misra, Attorney Advisor, PSHSB, FCC
	Tara Shostek, Attorney Advisor, PSHSB, FCC**11:00 AM – PANEL 2: SERVICE PROVIDER INSIGHTS**

Andis Kalnins, Senior Manager, Business Continuity and Emergency Management, Verizon
	Bryant Peters, Attorney, Compliance & External Affairs, Southern Linc
	Beau Jordan, Senior Director, Compliance, Comcast
	Mary Boyd, Vice President, Government Regulatory Affairs, Intrado**12:00 PM – PANEL 3: INSIGHTS FROM FEDERAL USERS OF NORS/ DIRS DATA**

Billy Bob Brown, Jr., Ex Assistant Dir. for Emergency Communications, CISA
	Charles Hoffman, Chief, Tactical Emergency Communications Branch, FEMA**12:30 PM – QUESTIONS & ANSWER SESSION FOR FCC**

Co-moderator - William Kang, FCC
	Co-moderator - Suzon Cameron, FCC

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August 9, 2022 - Public NoticePSHSB to Hold Outage Information Sharing Workshop September 7, 2022



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