Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 39528, June 30, 2026.
(a) Cable Communications, Wireline, Wireless, and Interconnected VoIP providers that own or operate their own facilities shall be required to report their infrastructure status information each day in the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) when the Commission activates DIRS in geographic areas in which they provide service, even when their reportable infrastructure has not changed compared to the prior day. These providers are subject to mandated reporting in DIRS and shall:
- (1) Provide daily reports on their infrastructure status from the start of DIRS activation until DIRS has been deactivated.
- (2) [Reserved]
- (b) Facilities-based cable communications, wireline communications, wireless service, and interconnected VoIP providers who provide a DIRS report pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section are not required to make submissions in the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) under this chapter pertaining to any outage that occurs in an area in which the Commission has activated DIRS, as long as the first daily DIRS report for the activation is due before the NORS submission under section 4.9 of this chapter would be due for the outage, and the outage is timely reported in DIRS. Subject providers shall be notified that DIRS is activated and deactivated pursuant to Public Notice from the Commission and/or the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
[89 FR 25542, Apr. 11, 2024, as amended at 90 FR 6840, Jan. 21, 2025; 90 FR 44564, Sept. 16, 2025; 91 FR 39528, June 30, 2026]