[FedCom] DMAT new frequency?

[D. Ruhe]

Can you say Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act aka 
HIPAA.  This would be my guess

--Dan--
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> COMMENT:
> OUTSTANDING advice!!! Unfortunately, it appears (in today's exercise) 
> that P25 w/encryption was SOP
> thus it may be impossible to distinguish DMAT operations from other 
> federal law enforcement operations.
>
> Personally, I'm trying to figure out why DMAT would require encryption 
> in the first place.  They definitely
> aren't an organization that would have a covert response or be 
> undercover.. They will be right out in the
> forefront saving people at major disasters!!!  It sort of looks like 
> they are now coming under the DHS
> umbrella versus US HHS, so perhaps the new radio equipment was bulk 
> purchased & came with that
> module.  HOWEVER, I think encryption adds to the security requirements 
> for storage when not in use.
>
> Ken
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