Publications

The NIST-NTIA presentation slides from the 11/06/2013 Innovative Spectrum Sharing Technology Day are attached.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker appointed Barry Boniface to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 created FirstNet as an independent entity within NTIA, and charged it with establishing a nationwide public safety broadband network.

Barry Boniface
Private equity investor and telecommunications executive

Innovative Spectrum Sharing Technology Day

Co-hosted by

U.S. Commerce Department’s
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Tuesday, November 5, 2013
10:00 am to 3:00 pm EST

First Responder Network Authority
FirstNet Board Meeting Agenda
VIA TELECONFERENCE
October 25, 2013
11:00 am Eastern Daylight Time

The webcast will be in Flash format. May not work with all browsers; consult your system administrator.  Webcast will start before 1pm on 12/13.

FirstNet anticipates the imminent release of several competitive Task Orders for support personnel the week of November 11, 2013.  Three Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) were competitively awarded Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) primarily for technical support and one SDVOSB was competitively awarded a BPA for general program management and acquisition support.  The four SDVOSBs are Information Management Resources Inc., Redhorse Corporation, Costas Inc, and e-9 Corporation.  All requirements for FirstNet support services will be posted on the resp

FirstNet Special Review Committee Report on Openness and Transparency, Access to Information and Network Planning, 09/20/2013