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National Defense
April 2015
Stew Magnuson |
FirstNet Fully Funded After Lucrative Spectrum Auction The First Responder Network Authority now has a $7 billion pot to build the nation's first interoperable emergency communications system designed to work in all 50 states, territories and the District of Columbia.   |
National Defense
June 2014
Stew Magnuson |
FirstNet Takes Next Steps, But Without its General Manager The First Responder Network Authority, better known as FirstNet, recently took some key steps toward its long-term goal of building a nationwide communication network for first responders. |
National Defense
August 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Work Begins in Earnest To Create Nationwide Public Safety Network Congress in the 2012 Tax Relief Act granted a highly coveted block of radio spectrum to public safety agencies for their exclusive use, and threw in $7 billion to help kickstart the effort. Now comes the hard part: actually building it. |
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. |
National Defense
January 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Natural Disasters Uncover Ongoing Emergency Communications Problems Recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy and the Washington, D.C., metro-area derecho revealed vulnerabilities in first responder communication networks and equipment. |
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. |
InternetNews
February 14, 2007
Roy Mark |
Senate Panel Moves on 911 Upgrades Responding to requests from emergency responder groups, the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday approved two bills to expedite funding for 911 systems and to pre-position communications equipment for disasters. |
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. |
National Defense
August 2014
Chelsea Todaro |
More Training, Communications Funds Needed, First Responders Say First responders urged Congress recently to provide more funding for stronger intelligence information sharing across federal, state and local levels and for training with new communication devices. |
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
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. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2003
Matthew Bechard |
Sen. Edward Kennedy on Partisanship, Preserving Pensions and the Value of REITs As the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Senate, Kennedy is actively involved in shaping policy affecting education, health care and pension plans -- an issue of particular importance to the REIT industry. An interview. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2007
Sherleen H. Mahoney |
Ready and Waiting Database-driven crisis management software solutions provide first responders with instant access to vital emergency information. |
