COMMITTEES | Public Safety Broadband Working Group
About the Working Group
Issue Statement: With passage of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Congress established a program to fund development of a nationwide, interoperable public safety wireless broadband network (PSBN). In the planning and roll-out of that system over the coming years, numerous issues will arise that impact state governments and their telecommunications systems. These include the development of working partnerships between public safety entities and other stakeholders at the federal, state, and local government levels. It also includes development of policies and technical standards that will make the network robust and sustainable over time, as the initial funding cycle runs out.
Goals and Objectives: The goal of the work group is to ensure that State CIOs are fully cognizant of the issues associated with the developing nationwide PSBN, are participating as appropriate in the development of the network, and are well-positioned to advise governors and other policy makers on a range of policy and technical issues associated with the network’s development. The workgroup will monitor and assess technical and policy issues associated with the pre-planning, planning, and implementation of the public safety network, and provide a forum for discussion of issues impacting state governments. The workgroup will track FirstNet issuances, monitor and track activities of the FCC and NTIA, coordinate efforts with NGA and other relevant associations, and respond as appropriate to requests for information made through federal advanced notices or other means. Assessments of key policy points of interest to CIOs will be undertaken as needed and comments developed, where appropriate, for NASCIO to deliver to the FCC, NTIA, the NGA, and other policy-making bodies. All-state briefings by federal and state officials on policy and technology issues are expected. Other deliverables are to be determined.
Meeting Schedule:
Regular monthly calls occur on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2 pm Eastern time. Other meetings on as needed basis.
Committee Roster
Co-Chair:Darryl Ackley, State of New Mexico |
Co-Chair:Dr. Craig P Orgeron, PhD, State of Mississippi |
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Claire Bailey, State of Arkansas Jim Barnhart, Commonwealth of Kentucky Allan J Benek, Infogroup Rohit Bhanot, Motorola Solutions Raymond L Blair, IBM Easter Asi Bruce, American Samoa Amy Caldeira, State of Florida Mr. Rich Calhoun, State of Georgia Rob Casselman, Accenture Jodi Chapin, AT&T Greg Coleman, Harris Corporation John Conley, Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority Michael Connors, Deloitte Consulting LLP Monica Couglin, State of Colorado Todd Crosby, State of Hawai'i Ed C. Cruz, Government of Guam Jeff Dean, State of Arkansas Chris Dixon, Deltek William Drew, State of New Jersey Edward J Driesse, State of Louisiana John Dunlap, State of West Virginia Travis Durick, State of North Dakota Jim Earl, State of Nevada Jim Edman, State of South Dakota Katrina Flory, State of Ohio Kathleen Franco, AT&T Duncan Friend, State of Kansas Eric Greenman, Intel Luke Harris, Deltek Luke Harris, Deltek Mitch Herckis, NASCIO Dara Hessee, State of Colorado Richard Hillyard, Fujitsu Network Communications David M. Houle, BerryDunn Jim Hueser, IBM Antonio "Tony" Hylton, Verizon Candy Irven, NIC Norman J Jacknis, Cisco Systems Inc. | Karen Jackson, Commonwealth of Virginia Steven Jennings, Alcatel-Lucent Brian Kiser, Commonwealth of Kentucky Paul Koch, State of South Carolina James Kohler, State of Alaska David N Kroening, State of New York Richard Leadbeater, ESRI Phillip Lindley, State of Maine Daniele Loffreda, Fujitsu Network Communications Carl Marsh, State of Texas Sean McSpaden, State of Oregon Paula Newsome, State of Oregon Damon Porter, State of Missouri Charles Robb, Commonwealth of Kentucky Doug Robinson, NASCIO Mr. Juan E Rodriguez de Hostos, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Penny Rubow, State of Arkansas Todd Russ, State of North Carolina Mr. David B. Salway, State of New York Charlie Sasser, State of Georgia Wilford Saunders, State of Washington Ron Schwarz, Cisco Systems Inc. Ms. Amy M Smith, HP Jason Snyder, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Robert Sprecher, Unisys Bradley A Stoddard, State of Michigan Lisa Thompson, NASCIO Mr. Shaun Trippel, CenturyLink Mike Tucker, Intel Galen Updike, State of Arizona Gregory Urban, State of Maryland Mike Waldner, State of South Dakota Bob Walker, State of Oklahoma Meredith Ward, NASCIO Samantha Wenger, NASCIO Christopher Yaw, Northrop Grumman Charlie Zeberlein, State of South Carolina |
Committee Publications
Bowling for Broadband 2: Toward Citizen-Centric, Broadband-Based E-GovernmentAugust 2006
This brief highlights the continued evolution of the broadband environment and the need for states to understand both the enhanced public service opportunities and citizen expectations of high-speed Internet access.
Bowling for Broadband: The Role of the State CIO in Promoting High-Speed Internet Access
September 2004
