Next-generation 911 deployment should be overseen at the national level,...
Next-generation 911 deployment should be overseen at the national level, with the FCC in charge, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials said in a filing at the agency. “A current challenge facing stakeholders in NG911 deployment is the lack of…
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coordination among the myriad federal and state roles,” APCO said (http://xrl.us/bn63ui). “A number of federal agencies are involved with NG911, each with specific areas of jurisdiction and different tasks depending on prior federal legislation. Accordingly, at the national level, there should be a multi-federal agency program to guide NG911 consisting of the Commission, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security that leverages and combines each individual agency’s expertise.” State coordination is critical, APCO said. “To best create an effective working relationship between the federal program and the states, the FCC should recommend that Congress craft incentives for state-level (or multi-state) NG911 coordination. Congress could do so, as it has with prior grant programs, by imposing as a condition of receipt of federal funding that states create a state-level NG911 office."