Senate Commerce Committee will hold hearing on E911 March 5 and h...
Senate Commerce Committee will hold hearing on E911 March 5 and hearing in House Commerce Committee is likely to follow, members said at press conference to launch Congressional E-911 Caucus. Caucus is headed by: Senate Commerce Communications Chmn. Burns…
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(R-Mont.), Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.), Rep. Shimkus (R-Ill.), Rep. Eshoo (D-Cal.). Highlighting public safety and homeland security, members said caucus would focus on determining what steps now need to be taken to ensure that E-911, and E-911 services for wireless phones, are deployed nationally. Members cited need for increased cooperation and said different parts of country are providing different challenges for E-911 implementation. In some places, funding for E-911 services has been diverted in some states, members said. Burns said he recognizes financial difficulties in modernizing 911 for enhanced service and wireless. Burns also said other issues will have to be addressed, including privacy. Clinton said caucus was also focused on “getting the word out,” which would help legislators gauge how much funding is needed for localities to implement E-911. National Emergency Number Assn. (NENA) task force, called Strategic Wireless Action Team (SWAT), will likely help legislators determine where funding and other action is needed, said Shimkus, who was original sponsor of Wireless Communications and Public Safety Law of 1999, which legislated transition to E-911. Both CTIA and AT&T Wireless applauded launch of caucus. Witness list and time for March 5 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on E-911 hasn’t been announced.