Today marks the one-year anniversary of enactment of landmark legislation that created FirstNet and will lead to the deployment of an advanced, nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network. From the printed words of the law, we are witnessing tangible evidence of what public safety successfully fought for, including a dedicated FirstNet board, armed with spectrum […]
Sandy
Unfortunately, Sandy, the Hurricane turned Superstorm, has become yet another large-scale disaster, with ongoing effects for the foreseeable future. During my tenure at the FCC, I had the opportunity to serve a role in the federal National Response Framework (specifically, Emergency Support Function #2 – Communications). Throughout my career, including my current position with APCO, I […]
APCO’s response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Notice of Inquiry on behalf of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) on the Conceptual Network Architecture of the National Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN).
A Great Start
In another milestone on our way to achieving an advanced, nationwide interoperable, wireless public safety broadband network, the newly constituted FirstNet Board held its inaugural meeting last week in Washington, DC. To see the four public safety representatives assembled with the rest of the highly qualified board members, further joined by the U.S. Acting Secretary […]
Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves
Coming off a spectacular annual conference that included a Cabinet member, Acting Secretary of Commerce Dr. Rebecca Blank, announcing at our opening general session the public safety, state and local government, and private sector appointments to the FirstNet board, we all now need to get to work. Let me emphasize the talent of this board. […]
FirstNet is Almost Here
A united public safety community achieved a great success this past February with enactment of the public safety broadband legislation. In all significant respects, public safety received the spectrum, funding, and nationwide governance structure it lobbied for and which all agreed were essential to success. With the reallocation of the D Block for public safety […]
