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Nationwide Emergency Response System Still Unrealized A Decade After Proposal

Gally Articola

Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has been working on bringing to life a nationwide emergency response system for several years, but critics say the system is long overdue. FirstNet Deputy General Manager TJ Kennedy. Photo: NTIA. The 9/11 Commission first recommended the system, now called “FirstNet,” said Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. “Here we are in 2013 and we’re just getting started…we need to accelerate these conversations,” she…

Army

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Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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