CISA - NS/EP PTS

CISA - NS/EP PTS

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) [DHS]

Priority Telecommunications Service (PTS) is a White House directed National-Level National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) Telecommunications Program that leverages the commercially owned Public Switched Network (PSN) to provide priority communications to NS/EP users when conventional communication services are ineffective. PTS enhances the ability of NS/EP users to complete calls during a crisis or emergency during congestion or degradation using three PTS components: Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS), a nationwide landline telephone service, Wireless Priority Service (WPS), and Special Routing and Arrangement Service (SRAS), a classified service. PTS also includes Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP), which provides priority restoration and provisioning of network infrastructure. These support NS/EP crisis communications for Continuity of Operations and Government (COOP/COG), emergency response and recovery to protect lives and property.

Standard IT Investments

Not Applicable

www.dhs.gov/getswww.dhs.gov/wpswww.dhs.gov/tspsaic.custhelp.com (multiple pages, all accessed from GETS and WPS home pages, https://saic.custhelp.com/ci/documents/detail/2/GETS_Fed_Step1_new is an example)https://www.dhs.gov/cisa/emergency-communications-division