State-of-the-art telecom infrastructure is crucial to the economy, said Gov....
State-of-the-art telecom infrastructure is crucial to the economy, said Gov. Jack Markell (D) of Delaware, National Governors Association chair, in the prepared text for the association’s first State of the States address (http://xrl.us/bn94cq) in Washington, D.C. Both he and his…
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vice chair, Republican Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, tied broadband to public safety. Governors “worked with the first responder community and others to secure needed broadband radio spectrum to build a national emergency communications system,” Markell said Wednesday. Fallin referred to the governors’ role in securing the 2012 FirstNet legislation and what she called “the development of one of these critical tools for first responders by providing sufficient radio spectrum needed for the construction of a broadband network for public safety communications.” Fallin also spotlighted the governors’ cybersecurity work, risk to critical infrastructure and its creation of the Resource Center for State Cybersecurity. “The Resource Center is examining the role state policy can and should play in ensuring adequate cybersecurity for state-owned and state-based infrastructure including data and communication systems, financial records, banking systems, water systems, electrical grids and energy companies,” Fallin said.