By Andrew M. Seybold

As has been reported ad nauseam in the press, FirstNet board member Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald in April 2013 introduced a resolution claiming the FirstNet board had violated a number of federal rules and regulations. The resolution resulted in a FirstNet board of directors inquiry, a court battle between Sheriff Fitzgerald’s county and the Feds about who owns the e-mails that might shed some light on exactly what transpired before the charges were leveled, and a still-ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce Inspector General (IG), the findings of which have not been made public.

FirstNet—and the good, honest people FirstNet lost because of these accusations—have been trying to get on with life and the task of implementing the FirstNet network. Recently, however, yet another article was published repeating the same charges, only this time citing specifics I don’t believe the writer could have no way of knowing and that really do not matter until the IG report is made public. I read this story and realized that one of my old bosses was proven correct once again when he told me that paper does not refuse ink.

Courtesy Urgent Communications. Read more at  http://urgentcomm.com/blog/firstnet-not-master-its-own-fate