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FCC to Hold Speaker Series Event Featuring The National Institute of Standards & Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards
August 18, 2010Aug., 17, 2010, Washington, D.C.—The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) today announced it will…
Read full articleCommunication Breakdown in Wisconsin: City & County Agencies at Odds over Emergency Radio System
August 12, 2010In the basement of the Dane County (Wis.) Sheriff’s Office, four pallets loaded with radios, still in their boxes, are taking up floor space. At issue, the VHF radios don’t work on Madison’s 800 MHz system. The state is encouraging VHF. And narrowbanding means a decision has to be made soon.
Read full articlePublic Safety Reacts to FCC Findings
June 25, 2010Public safety representatives blasted the FCC’s position and its June 15 white paper, saying that the policy decision preceded the paper and that its findings were designed to justify the position.
Read full articleFirst Responders Launch Campaign for Nationwide Communications Network
June 7, 2010The Public Safety Alliance, a partnership among the nation’s leading public safety associations, announced a national advertising and grassroots campaign, calling on Congress to modify the FCC’s proposed auction of the D Block included in its national broadband plan. The group is comprised of major national organizations representing police, fire and emergency medical services (EMS) agencies — all concerned by the lack of a nationwide interoperable communications network they desperately need to keep America safe and respond to crime, fire, emergencies, acts of terrorism and natural disasters.
Read full articleNational Broadband Plan Released
March 24, 2010APCO and the public safety community have been anticipating the release of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan for some time now. In March, the FCC finally released the plan.
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