Disaster planning is something you do in business. Why is it good to have the government getting involved in this? What is the purpose for getting involved in this?
What exactly would they consider to be an emergency? Would the owners not know when the SHTF without a call from the government? Won't that be obvious? Why are we assuming that a central command and control infrastructure is a good thing?
See, I don't trust the government at all. They lie and steal from us all on a daily basis. I don't think they're stupid. I think they have malicious motivations.
For one, the government is already involved in public network security via the CERT. If you've ever seen a computer security alert, there's usually a CERT number along with it. Second, this is about public networks that impact the ability of the government to function or that provide or control basic services to the people. Yes, much of our government's communications runs through these privately owned networks.
Would the owners not know when the SHTF without a call from the government?
The difference between individual owners taking action at different times that may or may not be applicable to the problem in the larger scheme, and a coordinated, targeted response. The Chinese are gearing up to be able to make a coordinated attack. Shouldn't the defense also be coordinated? Think war, because that's what this is. Do you think our power plants and shipping ports have no coordination with the government in case of war or other national emergency?