The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) expects by Sept. to start pi...
The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) expects by Sept. to start pilot programs to demonstrate interoperability of data and voice communications among state and local emergency workers, Undersecy. for Science & Technology Charles McQueary said Tues. In a wide-ranging…
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Security Leadership Council webcast, he gave few details other than to say the SafeComm initiative demonstrations would illustrate improvements in communications among first responders. McQueary did note that DHS Secy. Thomas Ridge had disclosed the agency’s search for a “technology translator” device to mediate communications among all sorts of mobile data and voice devices. Such gear is available in the market, and “that’s the first step” the Dept. is taking on interoperability because the alternative of scrapping existing devices and starting over would be uneconomical, he said. The federal 9/11 commission and others have highlighted miscommunication among emergency workers responding to that attack, and the Administration has taken fire for cutting SafeComm funding.