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FirstNet Cites Progress in State Meetings

FirstNet completed 12 governance body consultation meetings with states preparing for the national public safety wireless network, FirstNet said Friday on its blog. That includes several in the past two weeks with officials of Alaska, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New…

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Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, wrote FirstNet Consultation Director Dave Buchanan. “These meetings have been valuable to FirstNet, allowing us to connect with the states on important issues like the State Plan and the Governor’s decision, and to have a dialog about the key influencers and key issues that the state and FirstNet need to consider over the next year,” he said. “In Massachusetts, for example, we had terrific discussions with [Single Point of Contact] Curt Wood and his team about the State Plan and Governor’s decision process, and learned more about the network topics important to Massachusetts public safety.”