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“The FCC should update its public list of communications companies with covered foreign ownership or control ties at least once every year.”
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“NTIA should tell the FCC and the applicant within 3 business days after a recommendation, and should answer applicant status questions within 5 business days while also sharing the update with the FCC and relevant congressional committees, without exposing classified information or intelligence sources.”
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“Cable operators and repair teams should quickly report serious cyber incidents and cable damage to federal agencies, and federal agencies should share useful cable threat and repair information with the people and agencies that need it.”
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“FCC public ownership disclosure should focus on communications companies with ownership ties connected to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, or Venezuela.”
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“FCC public listing should look at ties to covered foreign governments, companies formed under covered-country laws, and those companies' subsidiaries, using another federal law to decide which countries are covered.”
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“The FCC should be the main agency approving undersea telecom cables and should create a license process for land-based telecom cables that cross the U.S. border.”
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“Federal security review should cover certain telecom line requests, submarine cable licenses or transfers with any foreign ownership, and some wireless or broadcast license requests when foreign ownership rules are triggered.”
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“FCC ownership disclosure should count ties through foreign governments, companies under those countries' laws or control, and related subsidiaries or affiliates, including ones based in other countries.”
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“The FCC should send certain telecom requests to NTIA for national security review when foreign ownership exceeds the relevant limit and is not fixed, and the FCC should also be able to send other telecom requests when it decides review is needed.”
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“NTIA should publish online a standard list of questions it may ask telecom applicants during security reviews, so applicants can see what information they may need to provide.”
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“New undersea telecom cables should not directly link the United States to foreign-adversary-controlled places or to facilities using telecom equipment the FCC has listed as a security risk.”
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“The FCC should set baseline cyber and physical security protections for undersea cables and landing stations, including how far apart cables must be placed on the ocean floor.”
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“After a telecom security review, NTIA should tell the FCC whether to approve the request, approve it with security conditions, deny it, or make no recommendation; if NTIA cannot decide, the President should make the recommendation instead.”
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“NTIA should usually finish referred telecom security reviews within 120 days, agencies should be able to add up to 45 more days with notice, applicants should answer NTIA information requests within 10 days, and the new process should apply only to future FCC filings.”
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