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National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright	DHS Tests Multi-Band, Interoperable Radio The Department of Homeland Security has entered the final stages of its four-year, nearly $9 million effort to develop a multi-band radio that can communicate across virtually all spectrums.
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Multi-Band Radio Key to Interoperable Communications, But Concerns Are Raised About Price A world where police, fire, and emergency services can seamlessly communicate with each other over the airwaves has been a dream of the Department of Homeland Security since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina four years later.
National Defense September 2010 Stew Magnuson	Plan for Public Safety Communication Network Hits Snags A Federal Communications Commission plan that would sell to the private sector valuable spectrum that was once reserved exclusively for public safety agencies is facing stiff opposition from lawmakers and the Department of Homeland Security.
Scientific American September 2009 Larry Greenemeier	Radio for Responders: Public Safety Bandwidth Goes Unused As multiband radio for public safety proceeds, the digital spectrum for it still lags
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Feds Pursue Better Communication Paths When it comes to interoperable communications systems (between the military and civilian agencies, etc.), there are many borders to cross. Experts say it will be years before it will be reached. But industry efforts are underway.
National Defense April 2012 Stew Magnuson	Despite Green Light, First Responder Network Could Take Years to Develop Interoperable radios -- along with robust airwaves that are dedicated to firefighters and police communications -- have been a longstanding goal in the public safety community.
National Defense September 2011 Stew Magnuson	Proponents Optimistic That Interoperable Public Safety Network Bill Will Pass Heather Hogsett, director of the National Governors Association's homeland security and public safety committee, said legislation has a better chance of passing this year.
National Defense January 2006 David C. Walsh	Inter-Agency Communications Systems Remain Uncoordinated Hurricane Katrina revealed many failures in the government's communications capabilities. But replacing old analog systems with interoperable transmission equipment, special gear and redundant systems is an expensive, operationally complex proposition.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Lawmakers Try to Save Spectrum for Police, Fire Departments The Federal Communications Commission in the release of its National Broadband Plan, said it was committed to bringing interoperable communications to the nation's emergency personnel.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John McHale	Colorado Statewide Communications System Expands to the San Luis Valley When completed, the agencies in the region will operate their mission-critical communications on a state-of-the-art digital radio system provided by Motorola engineers that also is capable of data transmissions for mobile computers in first responder vehicles.
InternetNews February 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Nextel Finalizes Spectrum Swap The carrier signs off on an FCC plan that gives public safety agencies 90 additional two-way channels.
National Defense February 2011 Stew Magnuson	Supporters of D Block Auction Plan Fire Back at Critics Advocates of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to sell unused portions of spectrum that would be reserved for first-responder broadband systems are urging that an auction of the valuable airwaves move forward this year.
InternetNews August 24, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Turns to Private Sector For Public Safety Open access for some commercial spectrum isn't the only experiment the FCC will try in its January 700 MHz auction.
InternetNews November 12, 2009	FCC Mulls Broadband Network for Public Safety Work on broadband plan continues as commission hears from first responders on how to address shortcomings in critical infrastructure.
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson	Company Expanding Interoperable Comms Beyond First Responders Mutualink Inc., a Wallingford, Conn.-based firm, saw its system tested during Hurricane Sandy last year. Prior to that catastrophic storm, it had already signed up dozens of clients in New Jersey.
InternetNews December 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Agency Spectrum Relocation to Flirt With $1B Clearing federal agencies out of spectrum earmarked for advanced commercial wireless services will cost approximately $936 million, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy	After Several Recent National Disasters, Gaps in Emergency Communications Still Not Fixed The ability of military and civilian first responders to communicate during major national emergencies is improving, but roadblocks remain. Among the problems is that many first responders lack adequate knowledge of their communications equipment.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	First Responders to End Radio Market Monopolies The 88 cities of Los Angeles County have banded together to end a long-standing business model that forces them to upgrade first responder radio systems at the whim of vendors.
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Verizon Wireless Calls for Spectrum Reform Carrier's general counsel appeals for regional approach to public-safety networks that would cast wireless providers in a similar role as defense contractors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008	Harris announces Unity XG-100 multiband software-defined radio for public safety The XG-100 provides secure interoperable communications over public-safety frequency bands from 136 to 870 MHz, which would enable emergency personnel to communicate directly without carrying several radios or route transmissions through ad-hoc network bridges.
InternetNews October 24, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	A Voice Platform That Welcomes All Networks Cisco's new IP Interoperability and Collaboration Systems integrates radio, cell, PSTN and VoIP for a converged interoperability for public safety and other markets.
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Katrina May Blow Broadcasters Out of Analog More spectrum and money for first responders is getting renewed Congressional interest in the backwash of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John McHale	Motorola building Wyoming's communication system Motorola engineers are building a $51.4 million advanced wireless voice and data-communications system, called WyoLink, capable of connecting more than 150 public-safety and public-service agencies throughout Wyoming.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John Keller	Transforming radio communications The next frontier of wireless radio communications is widely believed to be "cognitive radio" -- RF transceivers that use artificial intelligence, neural networks, or other advanced technologies to make informed decisions based on past usage.
National Defense March 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	Noted Police Chief Slams Federal-Local Partnerships The man who led the local police response to the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon hopes the new administration does a better job of coordinating counterterrorism efforts with local law enforcement.
National Defense May 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	Video Sharing Needed for Emergency Response The myriad of government agencies involved in an emergency need some way to see what everyone is seeing.
Reason December 2001 Jesse Walker	Spectrum Shortage? Make the military -- and government agencies generally -- pay to use the radio band, just like everyone else does...
CIO November 15, 2005 Grant Gross	Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Colin C. Haley	FCC Gives Nextel More Spectrum Credits The Federal Communications Commission has increased the value of spectrum that Nextel is exchanging with the government by $452 million
InternetNews August 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Nextel Spectrum Swap: Calm Before Legal Storm The FCC says it is acting in the interest of first responder networks but others call the deal a spectrum windfall at taxpayer expense.
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Homeland Security Steps Up Emphasis On Preparedness The Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross have declared September to be National Preparedness Month. The DHS has undergone major restructuring under Chertoff, but some are critical of how resources are allocated.
National Defense January 2007 Tyrone C. Taylor	Pentagon, First Responders Share Communications Needs The military and civilian emergency responder communities share an overlapping need for enhanced communication technologies.
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Critics Seeking to Debunk Spectrum Scarcity Advocates of spectrum reform look to end the fixed-band licensing regime to meet the demands of the explosion in mobile computing.
InternetNews February 8, 2007 Roy Mark	Skepticism Clouds Proposed Spectrum Plan Nextel founder Morgan O'Brien urges lawmakers to ditch DTV transition plans for public-safety spectrum.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Roy Rubenstein	Radios Get Smart But can they be trusted to roam the spectrum and not interfere with existing users? Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before cognitive radios get into the commercial arena, because the economics are compelling.
InternetNews September 20, 2004 Colin C. Haley	No Hanging Up Spectrum Scrap Verizon Wireless complains that Nextel is trying to cut the price tag in its controversial airwaves deal with the FCC.
InternetNews July 8, 2004 Colin C. Haley	FCC Approves Spectrum Swap The Federal Communications Commission has approved a controversial spectrum swap with Nextel to alleviate congestion of airwaves used by police and fire departments.
InternetNews March 8, 2004 Michael Singer	Wireless Enterprises Pole Position for Spectrum Intel and Microsoft are among the major players looking to curry favor with the FCC, NTIA, and NIST for more spectrum, the so-called 'rocket fuel that'll drive innovation.' Goverment agencies are contimplating their policies on spectrum.
National Defense February 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	U.S. Has Strategy for Homeland Security, But Are We Ready? In October, the White House issued an updated "National Strategy for Homeland Security," which is intended to guide, organize and unify the nation's homeland security efforts.
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Net Guard to Finally March? Senators say communications failures during hurricanes underscores need to put already authorized volunteer teams in the field.
CIO April 1, 2003 John Edwards	Something GNU in Radio Imagine an infinitely flexible radio. Simply by loading in various free programs, you could turn the device into a multistandard mobile phone, a GPS locator, an AM-FM stereo receiver or even a portable TV. That's the goal of the GNU Radio project, which aims to help radio escape from its box.
InternetNews July 9, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Senate Nears Vote on Rethinking U.S. Spectrum A Senate committee yesterday passed a bill that would direct two federal agencies overseeing the nation's wireless spectrum to conduct an inventory to determine how the various bands of airwaves are being used.
National Defense March 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat The Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services will share $275 million to expand the BioWatch program, improve a nationwide bio threat reporting system and upgrade food and animal inspections.
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Mark Gimein	WiFi Eyes the Empty Airwaves The white space - unused spectrum between TV channels - could be key to new wireless services, but big telcos say it's a threat
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...
InternetNews November 30, 2007	Google to Bid For U.S. Mobile Airwaves Google will square off next month against established wireless giants including AT&T and Verizon.
IEEE Spectrum October 2010 Mitchell Lazarus	The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson	Military Expected To Share Airwaves As Wireless Market Explodes As the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce begin a desperate search to free up airwaves, U.S. military officials concede that they are going to have to relinquish exclusive control over some of the frequency bands in which the services currently operate.
InternetNews March 28, 2008	U.S. States Urge FCC Constraints on XM-Sirius Deal States weigh in on Sirius Satellite Radio's purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio.
InternetNews June 14, 2007 Roy Mark	Public Safety Wireless Plan Sees Red Public/private-funded network for national first responder network sparks lawmaker debate.