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What federal officials want from cybersecurity legislation
A Federal Communications Commission official touted March 28 the voluntary and industry-based best practices formulated by the communications security, reliability and interoperability council, or
Emergency alert system test had glitches
A Nov. 9 nationwide test of the emergency alert system went less than perfectly, according to reports from across the country. The test, meant to last 30 seconds at precisely 2 p.m. EST and be
Audio: FCC officials on Irene communication outages
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and FCC public safety and homeland security bureau chief James Barnett spoke with reporters Aug. 28 on the effects Hurricane Irene had on
Coastal cell outages didn't affect Irene response, says FCC
Emergency response to Hurricane Irene-damaged areas in the southern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States don't appear to have been hampered by a loss of commercial cellphone service, said
Barnett: Market forces will encourage PLAN availability
An effort to ensure that mobile phones can receive geographically-targeted emergency government alerts--whether phone owners have voluntarily signed up for such alerts or not--is on track for its
FEMA, FCC schedule first test of the Emergency Alert System
The first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will be held Nov. 9, 2011 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time, according to a June 9 announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and
White House supports D block reallocation to public safety
The Obama administration will now support efforts to grant public safety license to a 10 megahertz swath of spectrum known as the D block, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Jan. 27.
DHS official supports pause in D block auction plans
A senior Homeland Security Department official said July 27 that the government should hold off for now on a commercial auction for license to a 10 megahertz swath of spectrum. "At this point, we are
FCC: D block auction will make first responder network affordable
Failure to auction off a 10 megahertz swath of the 700 MHz band to the private sector would result in rural first responders not being able to afford access to a national wireless broadband emergency
FCC unveils plan for public safety network
Federal efforts to create interoperable first-responder communications could receive a boost with an FCC plan to spend between $12 million and $16 million on a nationwide interoperable public safety
