First response and public safety communications: developments and technology issues
In: Safety and risk in society
Intro -- FIRST RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS: DEVELOPMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AND NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY PROVISIONS IN THE SPECTRUM ACT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS -- ROAMING AND PRIORITY ACCESS WITHIN THE 700MHZ BAND -- FIRSTNET STATUS REPORT FOR 2013 -- Chapter 2: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WOULD ENHANCE THE CYBERSECURITY OF PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES' EMERGING TECHNOLOGY -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- IDENTIFIED FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE HAD LIMITED COORDINATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REGARDING CYBERSECURITY AT PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVE, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- Chapter 3: STATEMENT OF DAVID S. TURETSKY, CHIEF, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OFFIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL GINN, CHAIRMAN, FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHORITY BOARD. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OF FIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CHARTING A PATH FORWARD -- III. CONSULTATION AND OUTREACH -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF DERECK ORR,PROGRAM MANAGER, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAM, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OF FIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- INDEX.