The current expansion will double the Panama Canal's capacity, and the "resulting economy of scale advantage for larger ships will likely change the logistics chains for both U.S. imports and exports," said Robert Pietrowsky, director of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Institute for Water Resources, in a report to Congress June 20 on "U.S. Port and Inland Waterways Modernization: Preparing for Post-Panamax Vessels."
As lawmakers grapple with the details of the nation’s first wireless broadband network for first responders, it may be “the chance of a lifetime to figure out how utilities can be integrated into this as emergency responders,” Rural Utilities Service Administrator Jonathan Adelstein told attendees of a Utilities Telecom Council conference on critical infrastructure Tuesday. There was broad consensus among the government panelists that during emergencies, utilities act as first responders and should get access to the first responder network.
All fresh, frozen, canned, and processed oysters, clams, mussels, and whole and roe-on scallops (molluscan shellfish) from Korea that have entered the U.S. should be removed from sale or service, said the Food and Drug Administration. This includes molluscan shellfish from Korea that entered the U.S. prior to May 1, when the FDA removed such products from the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL), and that which may have inadvertently entered the country after that date, it said. According to FDA, These products and any products made with them may have been exposed to human fecal waste and are potentially contaminated with norovirus.
The FCC Wireless Bureau rejected a request by Icom that the FCC find that a 250 millisecond data burst from a control channel idle message does not constitute “harmful interference” for trunking systems in the 150-512 MHz bands. The FCC sought comment last year. The Telecommunications Industry Association expressed general support while Motorola Solutions and the Land Mobile Communications Council expressed general concerns (CD Nov 29 p14). Icom argued that the short bursts “would be barely discernible white noise” and not an interference threat. “In light of our discretion as to whether or when to address requests for clarification or declaratory ruling, we decline to issue a blanket response on the definition of harmful interference,” the bureau said (http://xrl.us/bnbrzr). “Instead, the determination of harmful interference shall continue to require a case-by-case analysis of each specific situation.”
The White House gave the General Services Administration and Department of Homeland Security key leadership roles co-chairing a new Broadband Deployment on Federal Property Working Group. The group was created by an executive order released Thursday, as expected (CD June 14 p1). The working group is to prepare a report to be sent to the Steering Committee on Federal Infrastructure Permitting and Review Process Improvement within a year.
The White House gave the General Services Administration and Department of Homeland Security key leadership roles co-chairing a new Broadband Deployment on Federal Property Working Group. The group was created by an executive order released Thursday, as expected (WID June 14 p6). The working group is to prepare a report to be sent to the Steering Committee on Federal Infrastructure Permitting and Review Process Improvement within a year.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, and the Port of Los Angeles completed a Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Berths 302-306 American Presidents Line (APL) Container Terminal Project, they said in a Federal Register notice. They gave the 30-day Notice of Availability for the Final EIS/EIR for the project, which will conclude on July 16, 2012.
President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Thursday that aims to make the deployment of broadband infrastructure more efficient and less expensive, White House officials said. The order encourages a “dig-once” policy for broadband deployment that calls on federal agencies to provide guidance to states for including broadband conduit during the construction of federal highways. House and Senate Democrats supported the administration’s order, which they said would promote broadband deployment with bigger savings for taxpayers.
President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Thursday that aims to make the deployment of broadband infrastructure more efficient and less expensive, White House officials said. The order encourages a “dig-once” policy for broadband deployment that calls on federal agencies to provide guidance to states for including broadband conduit during the construction of federal highways. House and Senate Democrats supported the administration’s order, which they said would promote broadband deployment with bigger savings for taxpayers.
that all public safety and industrial/business land mobile radio systems in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz bands that don’t get waivers migrate from 25 kHz channel bandwidth to 12.5 kHz or narrower technology by Jan. 1, 2013. The FCC in April suspended the requirement for public safety use of the T-band, at 470-512 MHz.