§  201.0   Background.

   National policy with respect to the conservation, allocation and use of
   the Nation's telecommunications resources during crises and emergencies
   is set forth in Executive Order 12472. The following parts of this
   chapter address specific responsibilities with respect to management of
   telecommunications resources and related procedures which bear upon
   provision, restoration and continuity of telecommunications services
   during crises and emergencies. In doing so, the chapter encompasses
   both national security and emergency preparedness activities,
   consistent with Executive Order 12472. This concept of national
   security and emergency preparedness telecommunications services (as
   defined in § 201.2(g)) includes crises that do not necessarily entail
   serious degradation of, or serious threats to, national security. It
   therefore is a broader concept than the term “national security
   emergency preparedness activities” in Executive Order 12656, which
   concerns only national security emergencies, and preparedness
   activities necessarily related to such emergencies.