Witnesses for Thursday’s House Communications Subcommittee hearing on...
Witnesses for Thursday’s House Communications Subcommittee hearing on FirstNet are FirstNet Board Chairman Sam Ginn, FCC Public Safety Bureau Chief David Turetsky, Ohio Chief Information Officer Stu Davis, Harris Corp. Chief Technology Officer-Radio Frequency Communications Dennis Martinez, New Mexico Department…
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of Information Technology Cabinet Secretary Darryl Ackley, and Dereck Orr, National Institute of Standards and Technology program manager-Public Safety Communications Research Office of Law Enforcement Standards. The hearing will be at 10:30 a.m. in 2121 Rayburn. The subcommittee majority memo included significant background on FirstNet and a section titled “Controversy Remains.” It described “several controversies” and shaken confidence in network leaders, citing transparency concerns that began plaguing FirstNet earlier this year. “Considerable uncertainty exists among stakeholders with respect to the cost, coverage, design, and the timing of the network deployment,” the GOP memo said (http://1.usa.gov/1hV9bgv). “FirstNet has acknowledged that it ‘fell short on answers to timing and business model questions’ in its outreach. While FirstNet continues to work to improve its communication, the lack of such fundamental information, if unresolved, could undermine the ability of a State to make an informed decision to opt-out of the FirstNet [radio access network] plan, or worse, compromise public safety’s confidence in the ability of FirstNet to deliver and sustain a truly nationwide public safety broadband network."