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National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Feds Pursue Better Communication Paths When it comes to interoperable communications systems (between the military and civilian agencies, etc.), there are many borders to cross. Experts say it will be years before it will be reached. But industry efforts are underway.
National Defense September 2011 Stew Magnuson	Proponents Optimistic That Interoperable Public Safety Network Bill Will Pass Heather Hogsett, director of the National Governors Association's homeland security and public safety committee, said legislation has a better chance of passing this year.
National Defense August 2013 Stew Magnuson	Work Begins in Earnest To Create Nationwide Public Safety Network Congress in the 2012 Tax Relief Act granted a highly coveted block of radio spectrum to public safety agencies for their exclusive use, and threw in $7 billion to help kickstart the effort. Now comes the hard part: actually building it.
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson	Company Expanding Interoperable Comms Beyond First Responders Mutualink Inc., a Wallingford, Conn.-based firm, saw its system tested during Hurricane Sandy last year. Prior to that catastrophic storm, it had already signed up dozens of clients in New Jersey.
National Defense September 2010 Stew Magnuson	Plan for Public Safety Communication Network Hits Snags A Federal Communications Commission plan that would sell to the private sector valuable spectrum that was once reserved exclusively for public safety agencies is facing stiff opposition from lawmakers and the Department of Homeland Security.
National Defense January 2007 Tyrone C. Taylor	Pentagon, First Responders Share Communications Needs The military and civilian emergency responder communities share an overlapping need for enhanced communication technologies.
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy	After Several Recent National Disasters, Gaps in Emergency Communications Still Not Fixed The ability of military and civilian first responders to communicate during major national emergencies is improving, but roadblocks remain. Among the problems is that many first responders lack adequate knowledge of their communications equipment.
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson	Wireless Providers to Have Access to FirstNet Radio Spectrum The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) will allow commercial providers to use excess spectrum -- when not needed for emergency communications -- and will charge them fees for the privilege.
Scientific American September 2009 Larry Greenemeier	Radio for Responders: Public Safety Bandwidth Goes Unused As multiband radio for public safety proceeds, the digital spectrum for it still lags
InternetNews October 4, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Motorola, Microsoft Partner For Public Safety The wireless specialist will use the software giant's platforms to develop new apps for first responders.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	For First Responders, High-Tech Communications Still Out of Reach Recent natural disasters have highlighted the need for first responders to have working radio links. But there won't be any solution coming from the federal government that will instantly make the problem go away.
National Defense August 2014 Chelsea Todaro	More Training, Communications Funds Needed, First Responders Say First responders urged Congress recently to provide more funding for stronger intelligence information sharing across federal, state and local levels and for training with new communication devices.
CIO November 15, 2005 Grant Gross	Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications.
National Defense June 2014 Stew Magnuson	FirstNet Takes Next Steps, But Without its General Manager The First Responder Network Authority, better known as FirstNet, recently took some key steps toward its long-term goal of building a nationwide communication network for first responders.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC: IP Vital For Emergency Communications As Hurricane Rita bears down on Texas, FCC chairman tells Congress that IP-based technologies are essential for safety.
InternetNews February 14, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Moves on 911 Upgrades Responding to requests from emergency responder groups, the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday approved two bills to expedite funding for 911 systems and to pre-position communications equipment for disasters.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	FEMA on a Mission to Regain Credibility Scarred from its poor performance during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, agency leadership openly said it would take a major disaster to prove itself. It got that chance when wildfires swept through Southern California.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Lawmakers Try to Save Spectrum for Police, Fire Departments The Federal Communications Commission in the release of its National Broadband Plan, said it was committed to bringing interoperable communications to the nation's emergency personnel.
National Defense January 2006 David C. Walsh	Inter-Agency Communications Systems Remain Uncoordinated Hurricane Katrina revealed many failures in the government's communications capabilities. But replacing old analog systems with interoperable transmission equipment, special gear and redundant systems is an expensive, operationally complex proposition.
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Katrina May Blow Broadcasters Out of Analog More spectrum and money for first responders is getting renewed Congressional interest in the backwash of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Multi-Band Radio Key to Interoperable Communications, But Concerns Are Raised About Price A world where police, fire, and emergency services can seamlessly communicate with each other over the airwaves has been a dream of the Department of Homeland Security since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina four years later.
National Defense April 2012 Stew Magnuson	Despite Green Light, First Responder Network Could Take Years to Develop Interoperable radios -- along with robust airwaves that are dedicated to firefighters and police communications -- have been a longstanding goal in the public safety community.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	House, Senate Spar Over FEMA's Status Within Homeland Security Critics of the of the U.S. government's response to Katrina and Rita propose that the Federal Emergency Management Agency return to its status as an independent organization.
Geotimes January 2006 Linda Rowan	The Rise and Fall of FEMA With the threat of terrorism still high, more hurricanes expected in the near future, unpredictable earthquakes, and significant population growth in high-risk regions, federal disaster preparedness and response have never been more important.
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat Northcom Urged to Set Priorities... Study Focuses on Surviving Terrorist Attacks... States Need to Manage First Responder Funding... Boeing to Test Cargo Security System... Coast Guard 'Rescue 21' Behind Schedule...
InternetNews March 20, 2007 Roy Mark	IBM, Cisco Preach Crisis Services IBM and Cisco launch crisis response technologies based on service-oriented architecture.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 Ben Ames	DHS Struggles to List Needed Technologies and Priorities Leaders at the 18 month-old Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are still wading through the process of nailing down what technologies and equipment are needed for specific agencies or tasks, as well as determining who gets priority.
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Homeland Security Steps Up Emphasis On Preparedness The Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross have declared September to be National Preparedness Month. The DHS has undergone major restructuring under Chertoff, but some are critical of how resources are allocated.
National Defense September 2013 Steff Thomas	Social Media Changing the Way FEMA Responds to Disasters More than 70 percent of people in disaster situations use social media to let their families and friends know that they are OK, according to a University of San Francisco survey.
National Defense April 2009 Rusling et al.	Senators Oppose FEMA Divorce From Homeland Security Dept. A Congressional report took a historical look at FEMA -- the good times and bad -- and concluded that the agency didn't necessarily perform well when it stood alone.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Texting '2HELP' 4 Hurricane Relief Verizon Wireless lets subscribers send a text message to donate to the Red Cross.
National Defense February 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	U.S. Has Strategy for Homeland Security, But Are We Ready? In October, the White House issued an updated "National Strategy for Homeland Security," which is intended to guide, organize and unify the nation's homeland security efforts.
National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Homeland Security The U.S. Department of Homeland Security proposed a 2006 budget that includes increased spending on technology.
Searcher June 2006 Piper & Ramos	A Failure to Communicate: Politics, Scams, and Information Flow During Hurricane Katrina The Katrina disaster was exacerbated by poor communications. Some help was provided by the Internet, but it was also a breeding round for Katrina-related scams.
National Defense May 2004 Kennedy & Tiron	Securitybeat U.S. Beefs Up Security On Railway Systems... Budget Amendment Good News for DHS... Air Force Adopts Biometrics Security Systems... etc.
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams	Integrated Emergency Communications Nearing Fruition A partnership between Northrop Grumman Corp. and Global Security Systems will allow rapid communication via cell phones, GPS platforms, music players and comparable machines during emergencies.
National Defense September 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Washington Insiders Question Federal Role In Homeland Security DHS' federal-centric governance is an outdated hierarchical model that is ill-suited to the post-industrial digital age, says John Fass Morton, author of a new book titled "Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness."
InternetNews November 12, 2009	FCC Mulls Broadband Network for Public Safety Work on broadband plan continues as commission hears from first responders on how to address shortcomings in critical infrastructure.
National Defense April 2015 Stew Magnuson	FirstNet Fully Funded After Lucrative Spectrum Auction The First Responder Network Authority now has a $7 billion pot to build the nation's first interoperable emergency communications system designed to work in all 50 states, territories and the District of Columbia.
National Defense January 2011 Eric Beidel	Military Looking Into Smart Phone 'Connector' Pentagon agencies are looking at software that allows for secure communication between different devices, be they computers, smart phones or radios.
National Defense February 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	Governors Attempt Interoperability Solution as Feds Falter Six states are being asked to design new projects to help first responders communicate with each other more effectively during disasters.
National Defense November 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Preparation Is Key to Disaster Response Amidst the outrage and finger-pointing that followed Katrina, several lawmakers and homeland security experts called for the federal government to make the Defense Department the lead agency for disaster response.
National Defense May 2006 Stew Magnuson	Lawmakers Introduce Tunnel Legislation The movement of illegal immigrants or narcotics through a tunnel under a U.S. border is a felony, but there are no laws on the books preventing the excavation itself.
National Defense December 2012 Valerie Insinna	Hurricane Sandy Puts New National Guard Command Mechanism to Work As Hurricane Sandy moved toward the East Coast at the end of October, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and affected governors agreed to appoint dual status commanders who could direct federal and National Guard forces.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 Courtney E. Howard	UNH-IOL Launches IPv6-Based Network for First Responders Designed for first responders in emergency situations, the MetroNet6 network takes advantage of Moonv6, the world's largest multivendor IPv6 network.
InternetNews June 14, 2007 Roy Mark	Public Safety Wireless Plan Sees Red Public/private-funded network for national first responder network sparks lawmaker debate.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Coast Guard San Francisco Investigates Communications Systems for Crisis Events The U.S. Coast Guard Sector in San Francisco and other military agencies are investigating technologies to build ad-hoc emergency communications systems quickly in the wake of disasters like Hurricane Katrina that bring down commercial telephone, radio, and computer networks.
National Defense November 2011 Stew Magnuson	First Responders Sound Alarm on Loss of Grant Money With federal budget cuts looming, local law enforcement and fire departments are growing worried that the money will dry up, or be sharply reduced.
CRM November 1, 2005 Marshall lager	When Disaster Strikes Emergency services operate like any other business; those with weak communication and slow response to customer needs fail while good CRM practices can greatly improve an organization's ability to take care of its customers and improve the bottom line. In this case, the bottom line is lives saved.
InternetNews August 24, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Turns to Private Sector For Public Safety Open access for some commercial spectrum isn't the only experiment the FCC will try in its January 700 MHz auction.