FirstNet made two big hires, as one board member...
FirstNet made two big hires, as one board member reiterated past concerns about how the board is operating. It hired T.J. Kennedy, formerly director-public safety and security at Raytheon, to be its deputy general manager, and Ed Parkinson, ex-staff member…
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for the House Homeland Security Committee, as director-government affairs, it said in a news release Wednesday (http://1.usa.gov/133rbJG). FirstNet board member Paul Fitzgerald, sheriff of Story County, Iowa, Wednesday reiterated past concerns about the motion regarding FirstNet’s transparency he attempted to offer in April. Fitzgerald said he has received “several inquiries” on the FirstNet Special Review Committee the board formed after his concerns were raised. “As part of that process, in mid-July, I presented a lengthy document for review and supporting evidence in relation to each of the points I raised in my motion to the lawyers acting as counsel to the Special Review Committee,” Fitzgerald wrote in a news release earlier Wednesday. “Prior to my meeting with the Special Review Committee, I met with and presented that document and supporting evidence to the Inspector General Department of Commerce and his staff.” He won’t comment on the presentation as all parties continue their investigations, but is “hopeful” FirstNet will improve transparency through reforms, he said. He called the April motion “a last resort, after having been unable to obtain any meaningful responses to my often-raised concerns within the FirstNet Board.”