PSIC Grantee Conference
Background
The PSIC Grantee Conference, hosted by the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), was a two-day event designed to support grantees' programmatic efforts to enhance emergency communications through:
- Sharing of information, strategy, tools, and relationships to achieve the project plans in their Investment Justifications
- Opportunities for grantees to discuss funding challenges and identify solutions
- Networking and partnership building among grantees
Conference Agenda
Invitees included State Administrative Agency officials, PSIC Points of Contact, and other designated PSIC personnel. This 2-day event focused on expanding stakeholder engagement and promoting programmatic success with grantees and administrative agencies from federal, state, local, regional and tribal levels of government. Agenda items included:
- Strategic Technology Reserve Requirement (STR)
- Investment Modification (Budget & Scope)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance
- Capability Measurement
- Lessons Learned and Success Stories
- Match Requirements
A detailed agenda and FAQ (email) are available.
If you have a success story that resulted from this event, please contact us at psic@dhs.gov.
Conference Materials - Federal Speakers
- Federal Presenters' Bios
- Hot Topics - Extension Process, Closeout (Laura Pettus, PSIC Program Manager, NTIA / David Turner, PSIC Program Manager, FEMA)
- OEC - 2010 National Emergency Communications Plan Update & Goals (Chris Essid, Director, OEC)
- NEPA Compliance (Daniel Meyerson, Deputy PSIC Program Manager, NTIA)
- P25 Compliance Assessment Program and Public Safety Communications Research (Jeff Bratcher, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) / Dereck Orr, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES))
- Narrowband Deadline for Existing VHF/UHF Systems (Roberto Mussenden, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC))
- Inspector General Presentation - Lessons Learned / Best Practices (Dan Buchtel, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- PSIC Match Documentation
- PSIC NEPA Reference Sheet
- PSIC NEPA Documentation
- PSIC Grantee Conference Roster
- PSIC Grantee Conference Agenda
Conference Materials - State Speakers
- Maine video on narrowband (Part 1 and Part 2)
- Tennessee Valley video
- Grantee Presenter Bios
- Grantee Audit Experiences
- Feedback Form
General Session, Panel Discussion with Grantees
General Session, Granteee Success Story Show and Tell
- Alaska Land Mobile Radio Statewide Implentation
- Alaska State Map
- State of Nevada
- North Carolina Strategic Technology Reserve (STR) Program
- North Dakota: PSIC Success Purchase
Please check back soon for more materials.
Contact
For general questions regarding program content, please contact PSIC via email at psic@dhs.gov.