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“The FCC should be able to reimburse more communications providers for removing, replacing, and disposing of risky network equipment, using up to $3.08 billion borrowed against future spectrum auction revenue.”
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“Federal grant and technology programs should help emergency responders get modern, reliable communications tools.”
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“The federal government should have a clear office and leader for emergency communications policy.”
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“Federal agencies, NTIA, the FCC, and senior executive officials should use formal steps to resolve spectrum disputes, update NTIA-FCC coordination, raise NTIA leadership roles, and report regularly to Congress.”
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“NTIA should report each year on FirstNet use by public safety profession and geographic area, and should brief key House and Senate committees every year on FirstNet activities.”
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“FirstNet should add at least five state, local, or Tribal public safety professionals to its board, spread out future board term expirations, and use a senior career official to manage operations, connect the board with NTIA, and receive a yearly NTIA-led performance review.”
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“FirstNet's yearly audit should review how well the main contractor builds, operates, and maintains the public safety broadband network, and key congressional committee leaders should be able to request those network contracts.”
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“The public safety broadband network should be defined broadly enough for FirstNet to use the technologies and services needed to provide secure, connected, reliable, and priority communications for emergency responders and other public safety users.”
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“FirstNet, the nationwide network for first responders, should be managed and reviewed in a way that protects reliability, public money, and responder needs.”
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“The First Responder Network Authority should keep overseeing the public safety broadband network until September 30, 2037, and should report to Congress on how to prepare if the authority or major network contracts end.”
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“Most FirstNet actions should need NTIA approval first, but FirstNet should still be able to handle emergency support, planning, budgets, outreach, technical work, and Congress communications without waiting; NTIA should have 60 days to act on written network investment and task-order recommendations.”
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“NTIA should create a secure system for federal spectrum users to share when and where they use certain bands, so other users can avoid harmful interference while sensitive operations are protected.”
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“Federal reimbursement should rise from $1.9 billion to $4.98 billion to help eligible small and rural communications providers remove, replace, and dispose of covered high-risk network equipment and services.”
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“NTIA should spend $120 million from the Spectrum Relocation Fund to build a secure system showing when and where federal users operate in shared spectrum bands, while federal agencies provide needed spectrum-use data and protect classified and sensitive government information.”
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