NTIA released the agenda for the FirstNet board’s inaugural meeting (http://xrl.us/bnq8s3). ...
NTIA released the agenda for the FirstNet board’s inaugural meeting (http://xrl.us/bnq8s3). The board will consider 10 resolutions Tuesday, covering the FirstNet bylaws, state and local consultation, the grant process, the seven BTOP public safety grantees and other relevant issues. The…
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board will also review two conceptual presentations, one on network architecture and the other on applications architecture, according to the agenda. One looming issue is the fate of the suspended projects -- BTOP grantee Charlotte, N.C., worries the FCC’s special temporary authorization (STA) process is too short for a functioning business model and has contacted the FirstNet board with its fears (CD Sept 5 p1). The FCC declined the San Francisco BTOP grantee an STA Thursday (CD Sept 24 p18) but granted the Harris County, Texas, project an STA earlier in September. “Personally, I see value in some of these serving as pilots for FirstNet,” wrote Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials Chief Counsel Jeff Cohen on an APCO blog Friday (http://xrl.us/bnq8rh). He praised the board and encouraged state and local officials to “get active.” Meanwhile, the National Governors Association (NGA) slammed the FirstNet board less than a week before its first meeting for the board’s lack of state representation. The association sent a letter expressing the governors’ “strong concern and disappointment” and asked Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank to “remedy this error” and work with the states and association (http://xrl.us/bnq8sz). NGA requested an additional FirstNet advisory committee devoted to state and local interests.