Chairman Julius Genachowski appointed 14 people to serve on the Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability at the FCC last week. This board was mandated in the Tax Relief bill that also gave Public Safety the D-block.
Members include:
• Steve Proctor, executive director, Utah Communications Agency Network (UCAN)
• Col. Kenneth C. Hughes Jr., regional communications coordinator, New Orleans Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
• Brian Shepherd, deputy director, Adams County (Colo.) Communications Center
• Todd Bianchi, firefighter paramedic, Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Department
• Jim Kohler, deputy director, enterprise technology services, Alaska Department of Administration
• Brenda L. Decker, chief information officer, state of Nebraska
• Charles L. K. Robinson, director, business support services, city of Charlotte, N.C.
• Bob Azzi, senior vice president, network, Sprint Nextel
• Diane C. Wesche, director, government network and technology, Verizon Wireless
• Ed Chao, senior vice president, corporate engineering and network operations, MetroPCS Communications
• Ron Strecker, CEO, Panhandle Telephone Cooperative and Panhandle Telecommunications Systems
• Kenneth C. Budka, senior director, advanced mission-critical communications, Bell Labs Chief Technology Office, Alcatel-Lucent
• Dennis Martinez, chief technology officer (CTO), RF Communications Division, Harris
• Paul Steinberg, senior vice president and CTO, Motorola Solutions
The board is supposed to provide recommendations to the FCC within 90 days of its May 22nd birthdate on minimum technical requirements to ensure nationwide interoperability .
Read more at MissionCritical Communications.
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