NPSTC’s recommendation, Robert Brown, Information Technology (IT) Manager, for the New Hampshire Division of Emergency Services and Communications has been chosen to serve on the 25-member Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Architecture. “The members represent a diverse and balanced mix of viewpoints from state, tribal and/or local government agencies and organizations; Federal government agencies; communications service providers and organizations representing them; 911/NG911 system service providers; public interest organizations; and other experts,” the agency said in a public notice. Additional members could be announced later. The first meeting of the group is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 26. “As authorized under the FACA, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau anticipates creating sub-task groups to focus on recommendations in specific functional areas, including (but not limited to) optimal PSAP network security risk management and defense practices; identifying appropriate cost recovery and funding mechanisms that will facilitate PSAP transitions to IP-enabled architecture; improving 911 functionality and cost-effectiveness through consolidated network architecture design and operation; consideration of FCC and state/local roles in the oversight of NG911-enabled PSAPs; and projected long-term public benefits from post-transition PSAPs,” the public notice added.