HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

I trust that 2014 will be a great year for Public Safety and Communications. The first auctions for more spectrum will start this month, FirstNet will continue to make progress and I am hopeful that we will all gain a better understanding of the network architecture, partners, and implementation schedules. I know that those working for FirstNet are truly committed to making 2014 a banner year for moving forward and one which will set the stage for all future work.

Again a lite news week but I expect the first full week of 2014 to bring us a lot more news so stay tuned!
Andy

2014: FirstNet Deadlines Coming – Emergency Management via Google Alerts
Dec 31 20:56 FirstNet is a totally new public safety/first responder digital communications network. While voice is the emphasis of the article for interoperability the

Politics of Broadband Internet Service – Sonoma County Gazette via Google Alerts
Jan  3 03:56 There is a monumental battle currently being waged between Verizon and the FCC in the U.S Court of Appeals in Washington DC. At stake is whether

UC’s top stories of 2013 (Part 2) – Urgent Communications via Google Alerts
Jan  2 17:56 Public Safety Broadband/FirstNet …

View Blogs – Association of Public Safety Communications Officials – Google Alerts
Jan  2 08:56 NM Department of Public Safety Trains DPS Instructors to Teach APCO PST I as Base Currcilum @ Academy. It seems that the opportunities abound

Funds available for local responders – Citizen Standard via Google Alerts
Jan  2 07:56 The deadline set by the Federal Communications Commission for the narrowband systems to be operating was Dec. 31, 2013 but the county was able

Public Safety Bureau Weekly Market-Based Accepted for … – FCC – Google Alerts
Jan  1 17:58 Federal Communications Commission. The FCC · Leadership …

Broadband Committee Goes Public | Public Safety Communications – Google Alerts
Jan  1 00:55 The APCO Broadband Committee was created in 2010 to help the …

How to bring flexibility and interoperability to public-safety … – Urgent Communications via Google Alerts
Dec 31 10:56 When the nationwide broadband communications network being built by FirstNet finally becomes reality, all kinds of public-safety and first-response

Local legislators seek to clarify how Obamacare would affect … – Montgomery Newspapers via Google Alerts
Dec 30 06:55 Pat Toomey, R-Pa., who is also spearheading the act, “in most cases, volunteer first responders maintain other full-time employment and choose to

Dramatic Video Shows Witnesses Act as First Responders Following … – TheBlaze.com via Google Alerts
Jan  2 23:55 After a nasty hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Day, witnesses sprang into action when they noticed crash victims — including a 5-month-old boy