Creation of Next-Gen Public Safety Comms Net Should Be Managed by Non-Profit, Says Study

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gsnmagazine.com - by Mark Rockwell - February 1, 2012

The next generation public safety communications network should be managed by a non-governmental, non-profit organization that could impartially reconcile the myriad standards and procedures affecting emergency responders nationwide, said a report by an independent government advisory committee.

It also recommended that such a network should take advantage of “assigned public safety spectrum.” Congress has been trying to get spectrum for a national public safety network for years, battling over whether to assign the spectrum directly to first responders or auction it off to communications companies, so they can share it with responders and manage its back-office functions.

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Desirable Properties of a Nationwide Public Safety Communication System - Report and Recommendations of the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (28 page .PDF file)

http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/upload/Desirable_Properties_of_a_National_PSN.pdf