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Chairman Julius Genachowski Announces He Will Step Down from The Federal Communications Commission in Coming Weeks
March 22, 2013Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that he will be stepping down from his post in the coming weeks. Nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2009, Genachowski has led the FCC during a time of rapid growth and transformative change in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications sector, particularly around broadband – high-speed Internet.
Read full articleSpeedway Police and Fire Communications Implements APCO EMD
March 22, 2013Alexandria, VA – Residents in Speedway, Ind., now have the added strength of APCO Institute Emergency Medical Dispatch behind their…
Read full articleCarroll County Emergency 9-1-1 Center Implements APCO EMD
March 22, 2013Alexandria, VA – Residents in Delphi, Ind., now have the added strength of APCO Institute Emergency Medical Dispatch behind their…
Read full articleWest Virginia: New 9-1-1 System Accelerates Response Times
March 21, 2013On a “cool” scale of one to 10, Kanawha County’s new computerized 911 dispatch system is about an 11.
Read full articleFCC Takes Action to Ensure Reliability of Calls to 9-1-1 During Times of Emergency; Adopts Key Recommendations from Inquiry into Widespread 9-1-1 Failures During 2012 Derecho Storm
March 21, 2013The Federal Communications Commission today proposed action to improve the reliability and resiliency of America’s 9-1-1 communications networks, especially during disasters, by ensuring that service providers implement vital best practices in network design, maintenance, and operation. The Commission also proposed amending its rules to clarify how service providers can more effectively and uniformly notify 9-1-1 call centers of communications outages and cooperate to restore service as quickly as possible.
Read full articleCommissioner Robert M. McDowell Announces Plans to Step Down from the FCC in the Near Future
March 21, 2013Commissioner McDowell: “After nearly seven years of carrying out the incredibly high honor of serving the American people at the FCC, it is time to turn more of my energies towards an even higher calling: serving my family. After a great deal of deliberation, I have decided that I will step down as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in a few weeks.”
Read full article9-1-1 Thriller Gets Hung Up on Cheesy Melodrama
March 20, 2013“The Call” is an extreme-jeopardy thriller that holds its audience in a hypnotic degree of tension most of the way – up until the end when it sinks to the level of a TV movie.
Read full articleNew Jersey County’s Dispatch System Getting Upgrade
March 20, 2013“That’s true interoperability,” said James Jankowski, county public safety department’s chief of communications [Camden County]. “It’s not a sound bite.”
Read full articleMassachusetts: Home Rule, Independence Regionalizing Town Services a Challenge to Communities
March 20, 2013It seems everyone wants to cut the cost of municipal government. But in New England, with its firmly rooted history of home rule and Yankee independence, collaborating to share services across community borders has often been a challenge.
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So You Want to be a Dispatcher …
March 21, 2013Do you know what it takes to be a public safety telecommunicator?
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