Project SAFECOM: more time, more money, more communication? What progress have we made in achieving interoperable communication between local, state, and federal first responders? : hearing before the Subcommitee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, September 8, 2004

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Page 44 - Directorate that is dedicated to improving public safety response through enhanced interoperable wireless communications. The goal is to enable public safety agencies to talk across disciplines and jurisdictions via radio communications systems, exchanging voice or data with one another on demand and in real time. SAFECOM...
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Page 124 - HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION POLICY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND THE CENSUS "Facilitating an Enhanced Information Sharing Network That Links Law Enforcement and Homeland Security for Federal, State and Local Governments" July 13, 2004 Good afternoon Chairman Putnam, Ranking Member Clay and members of the subcommittee.
Page 87 - ... methods, created planning methods that encourage better coordination, and promoted new technologies. Regional Planning The Commission adopted the regional planning approach to spectrum management as an alternative to the traditional first-in-the-door approach to spectrum licensing and management in the public safety context. Regional planning allows for maximum flexibility of the RPCs to meet state and local needs and encourage innovative use of the spectrum to accommodate new and as yet unanticipated...
Page 33 - UASI, HSG program, and Local Law Enforcement Block Grants have 2-year performance periods. No Coordinated Federal or State Grant Review Exists to Ensure Funds Are Used to Improve Regional or Statewide Communications Interoperability The federal and state governments lack a coordinated grant review process to ensure that funds allocated to local governments are used for communication projects that complement each other and add to overall statewide and national interoperability. Federal and state officials...
Page 1 - COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2 pm, in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 1 - Mr. PUTNAM. A quorum being present, this hearing of the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census will come to order. Good morning and welcome to today's hearing entitled, "Can the Use of Factual Data Analysis Strengthen National Security, Part Two.
Page 89 - ... creating a framework that ensures priority for public safety communications, thereby allowing both public safety and nonpublic safety use of the 5.9 GHz band. Further, the Commission adopted a jurisdictional licensing approach similar to that used for the 4.9 GHz band. Cognitive Radios Proceedings The Commission is actively exploring the potential of new technologies to enhance interoperability and encourage network efficiency of public safety systems. One example of such new technologies is...
Page 44 - DHS to serve as the umbrella program within the federal government to help local, tribal, state, and federal public safety agencies improve public safety response through more effective and efficient interoperable wireless communications.

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