First Appeared: Fri Sep 6 11:40:01 2013
Public Safety Advocate News-Patterns Weekly News Summary
From: Public Safety News/Intelligence
Good Friday Morning to all!
Light news this week but important work continues to be done for the Public Safety Broadband Network under the direction of the FirstNet Board of Directors. NPSTC has stood up a committee on defining and refining the meaning of “Public Safety Grade”. In conjunction with this the APCO Broadband Committee has set up a sub-committee to come up with Radio Site hardening requirements. Work is underway and the APCO report, once vetted by the entire Broadband committee and the APCO Executive Committee will be published and submitted to NPTSC for inclusion in the Public Safety Grade document.
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FirstNet board to hold public meeting, via conference call, on Sept. 5 – Government Security News
Sep 2 09:14 Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: communications The board of the First Responder Network Authority, known as FirstNet, will hold a special meeting, via a public conference call, on September 5, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern time.
FIRSTNET & PUBLIC SAFETY WORKSHOP – Project 25.Org – Google Alerts
Sep 5 12:58 FIRSTNET & PUBLIC SAFETY WORKSHOP #8; TIA 2013 AGENDA. Collocating with the October 2013 TR-8 meetings – TIA TR-8 Members are invited to join the
NTIA awards $15.5M in grants for FirstNet preparation – Fierce Mobile Government via Google Alerts
Sep 4 21:56 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded seven …
CommandScope Pre-Plan Technology Changing the Nature of First … – FireEngineering.com via Google Alerts
Aug 31 20:55 The information is shareable across organizations and city departments, and is updateable in real-time allowing first responders to act with knowledge rather
FirstNet GM D’Agostino talks about network capabilities: Preemption … – Urgent Communications via Google Alerts
Aug 31 07:55 During the recent Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Anaheim, Calif., FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino spoke
In an active-shooter situation, coordinated communication is … – Urgent Communications via Google Alerts
Sep 5 16:56 So, it should come as no surprise that several educational sessions at last month’s Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in
Government IT News For VARs — September 5, 2013 – Business Solutions Magazine via Google Alerts
Sep 5 13:57 National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) have developed a joint working group
Public Safety Bureau, Transactions Actions, 09/04/13 | FCC.gov – Google Alerts
Sep 5 12:57 Federal Communications Commission · The FCC · What We Do · Blog …
August 2013 – Public Safety Communications – Google Alerts
Sep 5 12:57 … for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to provide information on service outages and related issues to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
Paper urges FirstNet to adopt public safety roaming in initial rollout – Fierce Homeland Security via Google Alerts
Sep 5 11:58 Moreover, advanced priority mechanisms made possible by the LTE cellular network …
Government sets 700 MHz reserve price, Telecom approves – Reseller News via Google Alerts
Sep 5 01:55 Telecom said it welcomes the Government’s acknowledgement of the investment required by mobile network operators to build the 4G/LTE infrastructure
Mobile app code of conduct a failure, say critics at NTIA meeting – Fierce Mobile Government via Google Alerts
Sep 4 04:55 In July, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s …
GammaTech exhibits portfolio of rugged computing devices – Urgent Communications via Google Alerts
Sep 4 00:56 … expanded portfolio of rugged notebook and tablet computers during the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Anaheim
Telstra lands QLD public safety wireless network – iT News via Google Alerts
Sep 2 03:56 The project is for a digital radio voice and narrowband data communications network for public safety agencies in the state. The network will initially be rolled out
NTIA Applauds CSMAC’s Work to Make More Spectrum Available for … – HispanicBusiness.com via Google Alerts
Aug 31 12:55 The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today applauded the Commerce Spectrum
BT Calls Time On Old Dial-Up Service – Or Does It? – TechWeekEurope UK via Google Alerts
Aug 30 10:56 BT’s dial-up service cost £17.25 per month, but it wrote to its narrowband customers in June explaining its decision to terminate the service, and urged
Critic: NTIA’s Mobile Privacy Push has Failed – CIO
Aug 30 06:45 Privacy advocates say the agency’s multistakeholder process on privacy was flawed