FCC Seeks Comment on Petition to Address Tower Impact on Migratory Birds
FCC seeks comment on the Petition for Expedited Rulemaking and Other Relief on behalf of American Bird Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, and National Audubon Society regarding commission implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”), and their implementing regulations, and to carry out the mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in American Bird Conservancy, Inc. v. FCC, 516 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 2008). Comments Due: 05/29/2009. Reply Comments Due: 06/15/2009.
EMS and 9-1-1 Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Infection
Guidance is now available!
APCO Comments on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
DHS Announces Nearly $970 Million in Preparedness Grant Final Allocations
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management
Agency announced today final allocations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Preparedness Grants for 10 federal grant programs, totaling nearly $970
million in federal funding to assist state, local and tribal governments and
private industry in strengthening community preparedness.
FCC SEEKS NOMINATIONS BY MAY 11, 2009 FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMUNICATIONS
SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL (CSRIC)
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking nominations and expressions
of interest for membership on the Communications Security, Reliability, and
Interoperability Council. The Council is a Federal Advisory Committee that
provides guidance and expertise on the nation's communications
infrastructure and public safety communications. Nominations and expressions
of interest for membership must be submitted to the FCC no later than May
11, 2009.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ADOPTS RULES TO EXPAND, ENHANCE FIRST
RESPONDERS' USE OF 4.9 GHz BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE NATION
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) has adopted a Report and
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Order) addressing 4.9 GHz
band rules, as well as miscellaneous Part 90 public safety rules. The rules
will help expand and enhance first responders' deployment of broadband
communication technologies across the nation in the 4.9 GHz band, thereby
helping to stimulate the economy. The new rules will also better enable
first responders to more easily share time-sensitive data and streaming
video footage in emergencies or life-threatening incidents.
APCO International urges the FCC to take aggressive enforcement action against entities that manufacture, import, market or use devices designed to interfere with wireless telephone or other radio communications.
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