Re: CISA critical infrastructure letters

[Ben Cannon <ben () 6by7 net>]

Disaster Service Workers are different - see this link for information on DSWs, which are typically Government 
employees that have had special training and swearing-in.  They are not (necessarily) telecom workers but telecom 
workers may be DSWs.

Information on current status of DSWs in CA during this emergency:  
https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/administrative-services/disaster-service-worker-volunteer-program


-Ben Cannon
CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
ben () 6by7 net <mailto:ben () 6by7 net>




> On Mar 25, 2020, at 11:36 AM, Tim Požár <pozar () lns com> wrote:
>
> They are so open ended, they are really useless.  Not sure why they didn't issue this with a company affiliation, etc 
> to nail it down to say credentials that the person may have with them.
>
> Back in my Broadcast Engineering days, I would get passes issued by the local LE such as the SF Police department or 
> as a "Registered Disaster Service Worker" issued by the State of California.  Each of these would have my name, photo 
> etc.  These were respected and got me through numerous police lines in the past.
>
> https://www.lns.com/house/pozar/laminates/
>
> On 3/25/20 11:20 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > The CISA critical infrastructure letters are a courtesy request letter. If people abuse its purpose, local officials 
> > do not need to extend any courtesy and can deny access.
> > The CISA letter is only for "providing emergency communications sustainment and restoration support to critical 
> > communications infrastructure facilities."
> > It is NOT a general purpose, ignore anything or go anywhere letter.
> > Do NOT abuse the courtesy or no one will extend the courtesy.