The next-generation 911 system is facing bureaucratic obstacles, ...
The next-generation 911 system is facing bureaucratic obstacles, Senate supporters of E-911 legislation told Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a letter. The New and Emerging Technologies Improvement Act passed last year required DoT to produce by April 20 a…
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plan to move to a national IP-enabled emergency network. The law’s sponsors, Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Olympia Snowe, R-Me., haven’t received a report on a plan or proposed legislation to carry it, they said in the letter Thursday. They said they understand that National Highway Transportation Safety Administration “staff have worked very diligently to assemble the information required for the report -- and have faced a number of challenges during that process,” but added that “the delay threatens to imperil not just the next generation 911 transition, but also the reauthorization of the 911 Coordination Office.” Authority for the coordination office, created under the Enhance 911 Act, is set to expire Sept. 30. The letter asks DoT to tell the senators when the migration report will be delivered and explain the delay. The senators also want the department to state whether it believes it has authority to extend on its own the existence of the 911 Coordination Office after September.