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
Will ensure First Responders can access Vital Information under all emergency conditions. I think there was uncertainty from Public Safety after first net was formed that the concerns are not being heard and it will end up being a Mission Safety network. The network must be Mission Critical at the outset. Under the chairwoman first net has sought greater input from the Public Safety Advisory Committee and ingay marriage engaged far more than previously. It is a 40member group that is giving us information on Public Safety. The Committee Meets several times a year including once this past year in Norman Oklahoma near by home town. We believe that Public Safety ongoing input is vital at all stages of the Networks Development so it will be tail tailored to meet the end users. The ifc and Public Safety in general are pleased with Jeffrey Johnson as vice chair of first net. He is a well recognized in the fire and emergency committee. We believe first net has worked to create opportunities f
The environmental rules cannot unduly compromised their reliability. No matter how great the environmental cost . There is a balance that needs to be struck. How do you strike that balance if you dont know whether Climate Change is happening and whether human activity plays a huge role whether the consequences of doing nothing could be dire and expensive which i assume expensive is a word they would fit into that calculus. We look at what the impact on our ratepayers would be in the benefits to the environment under the proposed rule. But the impact on your ratepayers could be felt through Climate Change as well as through the rates that they pay could they not . And thats not part of what you looked at them part of your analysis . The benefits have been put forth by the epa in their plan and we are weighing the costs against the benefits that the epa has proposed. For what its worth the executive director of the Wisconsin Business Alliance has called energy and Economic Opportunity th
Commissioner chair tom wheeler tells open internet advocates that the fcc vote on internet rules was the proudest moment in his public life. The event focused on the recent vote and work with the fccs spectrum office. It runs 20 minutes. Good evening, everybody. So great to see all of you. I think we have more here tonight than last year. The gentlemen i am about to talk to and introduce also needs no introduction he is the man of the hour as someone at my table said. I think he is a man of courage and we all applaud this service and creativeity and the inspiration he has brought to the federal communication system. We are excited to hear what you have to say and grateful for your time tonight. Please join me in welcoming chairman tom wheeler. [applause] hello. How are you doing . Nice party you are having. Just having a couple friends over. It is great to be here. Thank you for joining us. We are so grateful. You have been busy. Every day at the fcc is like sunday on the farm. You kno