FirstNet is kicking off its consultations with state,...
FirstNet is kicking off its consultations with state, tribal, territorial and local entities, it said Monday (http://1.usa.gov/18OGlof). The FirstNet board is holding several workshops devoted to consultation and listed the location and dates for several of them on NTIA’s website.…
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Invitations for initial workshops have been sent out, it said. The first will be May 15-16 in Washington, D.C. They'll continue through the end of June. State implementation grant money can go to support these meetings, FirstNet said. “Consultations are an essential step in building working relationships between FirstNet and the thousands of people who are stakeholders in its success,” said FirstNet General Manager Bill D'Agostino in a statement. FirstNet board member Jeff Johnson, a retired fire chief in charge of outreach, described a need to hear from “people on the ground about their coverage and capacity needs” and better determine what assets exist among the states that FirstNet might be able to use. The National Governors Association non-profit Center for Best Practices partnered with FirstNet on the workshops. FirstNet described the first upcoming workshop as a “two-day program beginning with a discussion of the changing nature of public safety since 9/11 and the need for placing next-generation technologies into the hands of first responders,” and said it will feature an update on FirstNet.