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Panel 2: Needs and Requirements of the Infrastructure Community
Pages 24-29

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... AT&T's strategy also allows it to field mobile assets that can respond quickly to an emergency. The company maintains a fleet of large semitrailer trucks with telecommunications equipment at strategic locations across the United States.
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From page 25...
... capital systems, is an attractive target for a physical terrorist attack. As illustrated by the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which caused many Wall Street firms to add backup locations, there is a need for contingency data systems, centers for key systems, and trading locations for the exchanges that can survive such attacks.
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From page 26...
... The United States will have to cope with this vulnerability until such time as it may become technologically and economically feasible to place them all underground. The practicality of building electric generating plants underground should be assessed, particularly those to be constructed under the new concept of distributed generation, owing to the abundance and low cost of natural gas.
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From page 27...
... There are some backup facilities and alternate sites. Multiple alternate sites located both in the United States and in other countries are a part of the industry's security strategy.
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... Mr. Shannon recounted his experience supervising rescue efforts in Oklahoma City after the bombing of the Murrah Building and some of the special problems faced by rescue teams there.
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... There are well-established connections between banks, financial institutions, and federal law enforcement institutions, such as the FBI. Systems can also be run outside the United States to increase security.
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