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FCC's Genachowski promises NG-9-1-1 'first step'
The Federal Communications Commission will take "a first step" toward a nationwide modernization of the 9-1-1 system that would allow public safety emergency call centers to receive mobile device
FCC plans private sector cybersecurity role
Yet another federal agency envisions a possible broader role for itself in securing private sector Internet infrastructure. The Federal Communications Commission issued on August 9 a notice (.pdf)
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
Public Safety finds D block support in Lieberman, McCain and unexpectedly, Rockefeller
First responders garnered Senate support for their effort to license the coveted D block range of frequencies with the July 20 introduction of a bill from Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) John McCain
Public safety lobbying hard for D block license
Public safety supporters of a House bill that would give first responders license to the D block swath of spectrum say they'll take their case to the Hill this week. At issue is a 10 megahertz chunk
First responder group disputes FCC D block analysis
A coalition of public safety groups charge that a Federal Communications Commission analysis of public safety wireless broadband needs suffers from flawed assumptions. The coalition, the Public
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: 10 MHz is enough for public safety broadband network
Public safety's existing license of a 10 megahertz swath of the 700 MHz band provides more than enough broadband capacity to first responders except in the worst of emergencies, states a Federal
Q&A: APCO on the D block
Federal Communication Commission plans to auction a 10 megahertz swath of the 700 MHz block--the so called D block--don't sit well with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials. The
Congress to review Communications Act
Congress Democrats said May 24 they'll begin a "process to develop proposals" to change the Communications Act--which was last significantly amended in 1996. In a terse statement on the Senate
