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WASHINGTON — Senior leaders of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and members of the organization’s technical team met September 11 with the 41-member Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) in San Diego, CA. The agenda included a progress update and discussion of  activities in support of the development of FirstNet, a single, nationwide, high-speed network dedicated to public safety. 

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) this week awarded grants under the State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP) to the following states to help in planning for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet):

WASHINGTON — First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) General Manager Bill D’Agostino announced today that FirstNet has posted its answers to questions received from potential respondents to 10 Requests for Information (RFIs) issued on July 10. The RFIs seek information regarding deployment options for two key portions of the nationwide, broadband public safety network: the radio access network (RAN) and core network.