Table of Contents:
	Background and Purpose
	Organizational Structure
	Functions of the NCC
	General Operating Procedures
	Funding Arrangements
	Amendments to the NCC Charter
	Appendix

Funding Arrangements

GENERAL
The National Coordinating Center (NCC) requires resources from both the telecommunications industry and the Federal Government, therefore, industry and government will share the costs associated with the NCC. In general, industry members of the NCC will voluntarily bear certain costs of participation in the NCC to include providing a representative to the NCC, while government will pay the costs of operating and maintaining the NCC.

GOVERNMENT
There are a number of costs directly related to operating and maintaining the NCC that the Federal Government will pay. These include:

• The NCC facility
  
  
• Facility overhead and associated costs
  
  
• Administrative support for NCC operations and planning
  
  
• Providing for NCC survivability to the extent required by the government
  
  
• NCC-related communications expenses.

Additionally, the government will pay the costs associated with conducting exercises involving the NCC, including government-related travel and relocation expenses associated with an exercise. The government will also pay for any additional industry support which it requests and which may be required to carry out the mission of the NCC. Payment will be made in accordance with the contractual arrangements established pursuant to the section Contracts in this Charter (see Organizational Structure).

If the government compensates any NCC industry member for specified items or categories of incurred costs, the government will compensate all industry members to the extent they incur costs for such specified items or categories.

INDUSTRY
Industry entities of the NCC will voluntarily bear the following costs of participation in the NCC:

• An individual to represent the entity on a normal work week in the NCC and associated benefits costs.
  
  
• Point-of-contact for the entity during periods not covered by the representative in the center.
  
  
• An alternate individual to represent the entity in the NCC during extended absences of an entity's primary representative.
  
  
• Relocation expenses incurred by the industry representative and family in moving to the location of the NCC.
  
  
• Entity required training and education of the NCC representative.
  
  
• Entity requested travel.
  
  
• Personal direct distance dialing.
  
  
• Cost of supporting the NCC representative internal to the entity.
  
  
• Legal services necessary to support an entity's NCC representative.

A more specific list of funding responsibilities is contained in the Appendix.

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