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 b...@6by7.net <mailto:b...@6by7.net> > On Mar 25, 2020, at 11:36 AM, Tim Požár <po...@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.
