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-boun...@leapsecond.com on behalf of l...@unb.ca> wrote:
"(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."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-strengthening-national-resilience-responsible-use-positioning-navigation-timing-services/
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