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911 Industry Alliance, TechAmerica Join Call for D Block Allocation to Public Safety
October 5, 2011PSA Touts Major Private Sector Support for Top Legislative Priority
Read full articlePSA Sets The Record Straight; Reiterates Call for an Interoperable Broadband Data Network
September 21, 2011In strong reaction to media comments attributed to House Energy and Commerce Committee Majority staff earlier this week, the leadership of the Public Safety Alliance today challenged Chairman Upton and subcommittee Chairman Walden to back up their staff claims. In recent misleading comments in the press about the lessons learned from the East Coast earthquake House Commerce Committee’s Republican majority staff was quoted as saying “The big lesson from last month’s Virginia earthquake is that carriers need more spectrum, not public safety.”
“That won’t solve the problem,” according to past APCO President Dick Mirgon.
Read full articleFCC to Investigate Cell Phone Logjam after Earthquake
August 25, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 23, 2011 – The magnitude 5.9 earthquake in northern Virginia once again underscored the critical need for allocating the D Block spectrum and funding to public safety to build a nationwide interoperable broadband network, announced APCO International. This moderate earthquake, which was felt from North Carolina to Toronto and beyond, demonstrates why first responders need a nationwide interoperable network. A more severe earthquake could have resulted in devastating loss of life and property in the heart of our Nation’s Capital.
Read full articlePublic Safety Encourages Congress to Stay Focused on D Block Allocation
August 4, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. –- The Public Safety Alliance strongly encourages Congress to stay focused on legislation that would allocate the D Block to public safety for the creation of a nationwide, interoperable first responder broadband network.
Read full articleIndustry Experts Join PSA Leadership for a Discussion on Wireless Spectrum and Public Safety
July 25, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 28, just two months in advance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Public Safety Alliance will hold a discussion on wireless spectrim and public safety that will shed light on the importance of building a 20 MHz nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network immediately from technical, operational and economic perspectives.
Read full articlePublic Safety Heralds Dingell’s Introduction of H.R. 2482, Companion Bill to S. 911
July 12, 2011The Public Safety Alliance today applauded and strongly supports Congressmen John D. Dingell (D-MI 15) and Gene Green (D-TX 29) for their introduction of companion legislation to Senate bill S. 911.
Read full articleURGENT: Immediate Action Is Needed on the D Block
June 23, 2011I need your help to call, e-mail and write Congressional Representative(s) to request them to support the allocation of D Block and funding to build out a state-of-the-art nationwide broadband network for first responders.
Read full articlePublic Safety Officials Meet with Biden & Top Officials
June 17, 2011On June 16, Vice President Joe Biden and other top Obama administration officials met with APCO International Immediate Past President Richard Mirgon and other leaders of the Public Safety Alliance (PSA) at the White House to discuss the future of S. 911: The Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act of 2011.
Read full articleVote 21-to-4 in Favor of Bipartisan D Block Bill
June 9, 2011During the June 8 executive session of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the committee voted 21 to 4 in favor of sending S. 911, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act of 2011, to the Senate for consideration. Multiple amendments were accepted to the original legislation (S.28) to shape its current form during the hearing.
Read full articleRockefeller, Hutchison Deliver Bipartisan D-Block
June 8, 2011Washington, D.C. — The Public Safety Alliance congratulates the overwhelming majority of Republican and Democratic members on the Senate Commerce Committee for working together in passage of S.911, supporting the nation’s first responders’ top priority communications issue.
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