[LEAPSECS] Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services

[Richard Langley]

Yes, I don't think Mr. Trump came up with the language or even read it. ;-) Not sure where Canada stands on the subject at the moment (I'll enquire), but the U.S. effort might be driven by DoT through its Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) & Spectrum Management division under the Assistant Secretary for Research & Technology. Testing of alternative PNT systems is planned or already underway:
https://www.gpsworld.com/gps-backup-demonstration-projects-explained/
-- Richard

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| Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang at unb.ca         |
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> On Feb 13, 2020, at 10:14 AM, Seaman, Robert Lewis - (rseaman) <rseaman at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
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> ⚠External message: Use caution.
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> Hi Richard,
> 
> Interesting! A few immediate comments / questions:
> 
> 1) Political talk to /dev/null
> 2) Whether as executive order or otherwise, language like this obviously originated with experts.
> 3) Does anybody know what agenc(ies) appears to be motivating this?
> 4) Are commercial interests involved?
> 5) Are similar actions being taken in Canada or other countries?
> 6) Is PNT singled out, or are there similar orders for other technologies and risk profiles?
> 7) I don't see "leap second" or terms like "NTP" mentioned here.
> 
> Six months is remarkably aggressive, even notionally, and there's no definition of what "source of UTC" means, or even "GNSS-independent". Is some specific technology or even vendor already implied?
> 
> Rob Seaman
> University of Arizona
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> On 2/13/20, 6:47 AM, "LEAPSECS on behalf of Richard Langley" <leapsecs-bounces at leapsecond.com on behalf of lang at unb.ca> wrote:
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>    "(i)  Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce shall make available a GNSS-independent source of Coordinated Universal Time, to support the needs of critical infrastructure owners and operators, for the public and private sectors to access."
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>    https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-strengthening-national-resilience-responsible-use-positioning-navigation-timing-services/
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>    | Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang at unb.ca         |
>    | Geodetic Research Laboratory                  Web: http://gge.unb.ca/     |
>    | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering    Phone:    +1 506 453-5142   |
>    | University of New Brunswick                                               |
>    | Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3                                        |
>    |        Fredericton?  Where's that?  See: http://www.fredericton.ca/       |
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