“Interoperability in the Next Administration: Assessing the Derailed 700 MHz D Block Public Safety Spectrum Auction”
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
10:00 a.m. in 311 Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response
Hearing
“Interoperability in the Next Administration: Assessing the Derailed 700 MHz D Block Public Safety Spectrum Auction”
WITNESSES
PANEL I
Chief Derek Poarch
Public Safety
Homeland Security Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Dr. David Boyd
Director
Command, Control, and Interoperability Division
Science and Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Chris Essid
Director
Office of Emergency Communications
Department of Homeland Security
PANEL II
Deputy Chief Charles Dowd
City of New York
Police Department
Mr. Richard Mirgon
First Vice President
Association of Public-Safety Communications
Organization (APCO) International
Mr. John Contestabile
Board Member
Public Safety Spectrum Trust
Mr. LeRoy T. Carlson
Chairman of the Board
US Cellular
Mr. Robert LeGrande
Former Chief Technology Officer
District of Columbia
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