DEPARTMENT
OF
THE ARMY
EC
25-1-341
u.s.
Army Corps
of
Engineers
CECI-P
Washington, D.C. 20314-1000
Circular
No.
25-1-341
1 October 2009
EXPIRATION DATE 30 JULY
2011
Information Management
RADIO AND FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT POLICY
1.
Purpose. This circular establishes and implements policy and guidance for the
governance
of
the U.S. Army Corps
of
Engineers (USACE) Radio and Frequency
Management practices.
2.
Applicability. This policy applies to all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (United States
and its Possessions (US&P)). Sites excluded from ACE-IT support are still required to
abide by these policies since this circular
is
based
on
DoD policies/directives and Army
regulations as defined. Systems and/or equipment requiring frequencies to operate
must be coordinated with the Radio and Frequency Management Team as described
in
paragraph 6.2 (regardless
of
intended operations
in
federal or unlicensed frequency
bands). Examples include:
HF
Single Sideband; VHF/UHF land mobile radios (LMR);
maritime radio systems; Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)
radios; wireless paging systems; frequency-dependent survey equipment; point-to-point
microwave systems. All radio equipment operating primarily
in
federal bands requires
adherence to federal rules and regulations for military, civil works, and emergency
operations missions.
3.
Distribution. This document
is
approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.
4.
References.
a.
EP 25-107, USACE CIO 700-Day Plan, April 2009
http://140.1 94. 76.129/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep25-1-1 07/entire. pdf
(1) Standardization
(2)
Operational Managed and Virtualized Services
(3) Cross-Cutting
b.
Manual
of
Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency
Management-NTIA www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/redbook/redbook.htm I
c.
DoD Land Mobile Policy Memorandum, Dtd. 3 Aug
01
www.eis.army.mil/brs/download/armylmrpolicy.pdf