My friends and White House Council know that i have this view. It is thats what bush did. It is intended. It is intended to well i think that thats not sufficient particul particularly its not much of constraint. I think theres a Real Advantage in having legal advice come from the attorney general i spent three months in the white house before going to the justice department. I athink its a very difficult decision to make. And but the department of justice has an on going institutional responsibility and i think to have the office, to put the best lawyer, i would put or cliff, i wouldnt put them as head of llc. This is a bit to be no disrespect from the individual. I think the institutional arrangements that make that into play. I felt good. I had a white house player. So im every other day i went to the white house and went from office to office and said what are you doing that youre not telling me about that i need to know. But i think thats where you need to center the authority, th
Responders. Firstnet ceo testified before the Senate Commerce subcommittee on communications and the internet. This hearing is an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. Glad to convene todays hearing with my friend and colleague Ranking Member shots. We would like to focus on the progress and the challenge thats lie ahead in deploying Public Safety network. Firstnet was established. Narrator middle class tax relief of job creation act of 2012. It is intended to address communication failures that slow Recovery Efforts during Major National emergencies, including the 9 11 attacks and hurricane katrina. In mississippi, we saw firsthand consequences of Communication Network break down. Fema, red cross, and others were hindered from providing the Emergency Recovery Services needed. The 2012 act allocated 7 dls billion from spectrum option proceeds to launch firstnet. The aws three spectrum option which concluded raised the 7 billion needed to begin the planning and development stage. Although
Lives. Under emergency conditions the nations cellular Carrier Networks become overwhelmed and unusable for the transmission of Emergency Data we experienced this firsthand in Oklahoma City 20 years ago when they offered the Federal Building was bombed. The full deployment of the First Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network would ensure that americas First Responders can access Vital Information among all of the emergency conditions. Candidly there was skepticism from some Public Safety after it was formed and it would be a missionCritical Network to for Public Safety organizations have consistently said that it must be critical at the outset. Under the leadership first net has sought greater input from the Advisory Committee and engaged in Public Safety far more than previously. Its a 40 Member Committee established in the statute to provide significant recommendations and advice to the issues. Public safety Advisory Committee meets several times a year including the months in the
February 23 has come and gone and the annual report has not been given . Im not sure the question you are asking. To whom is it referred . I them with the gao. Oh. You are are all over saying it, right . You are the accountability office. We have done our first audit which is what im here talking about today sir. What im concerned about what it alarm you all that they might not be able to meet the person that needs as far as personnel . Thats all they have been able to hire. We understand and someone else enter this . I can certainly respond to that. First of all the annual report actually has been issued. There was a bit of the time delay but you should have access to that at this point and it does require significant review youre absolutely correct on on that and maybe theres an opportunity. But i mean this is what upsets people. You are talking to someone from the private sector. No simply doesnt make sense but im not an expert on government process so im not sure. Sioux this is a N
Senator as you know there were originally seven Pilot Projects that we looked at. For them were approved in three of them are not approved including the 70 Million Dollar mississippi grant. We were deeply disappointed as well because he wanted to try to make this work but at the end of the day the state in nta couldnt agree on terms because the states plan didnt provide the necessary level of detail we needed to meet the statutory requirements. As you know under the btop program there were specific statutory requirements that this had to meet and the mississippi plan that came forward was not a viable alternative that medbee statutory requirements. One of the things that ntia is committed to the. To requirements from 2012 . I believe from the original btop program and my understanding is the Mississippi Program didnt provide broadband so that was one of the challenges of this. But look we wanted to try to make this work or at the Firstnet Team worked very hard and long hours with missi