2012年第一届网络年度报告大会

February 12, 2013 The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IVChairmanCommittee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: On behalf of the Board members of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), Iam pleased to transmit FirstNet’s first Annual Report to Congress. As directed by the MiddleClass Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act), this report covers the activities conductedby, or on behalf of, FirstNet for the period beginning with the Act’s enactment on February 22,2012, through the end of Fiscal Year 2012. The report also includes notable activities of theDepartment of Commerce and its National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) during this period, including the early stages of implementation prior to the appointmentof the non-permanent Board members in August 2012. I firmly believe that the FirstNet Board is uniquely qualified to undertake the critical taskthat Congress has entrusted to it: to design, deploy and operate the nationwide interoperablepublic safety broadband network that first responders need and that was so grievously absent onSeptember 11, 2001, and during subsequent disasters around the country. Taken together, themembers of the Board bring more than twelve decades of experience designing, constructing andmaintaining wireless networks, both in the U.S. and internationally; more than thirteen decadesof experience in public safety; and a perspective honed by nearly four decades of service in Stateand local government. I can attest that every member of the Board is committed 100 percent tothe success of FirstNet’s mission to establish a superior organization and to build a network thatnot only meets the unique needs of public safety users, but also is technologically superior, cost-effective for users, and, ultimately, financially self-sufficient. Although FirstNet has been in existence for only a brief period of time, a good deal ofinitial groundwork has already been performed by the Department of Commerce, NTIA, and bythe Board. For instance, NTIA has worked expeditiously to implement its State and LocalImplementation Grant Program, which will assist State, regional, tribal and local jurisdictionwith their planning for the nationwide network. Additionally, the Board initiated a dialogue withstakeholders through its issuance of a Notice of Inquiry on how it might design a network anddevelop software applications. Board members have been engaged in extensive outreach withkey constituencies, including public safety groups; State, local and tribal entities; jurisdictionsplanning and/or deploying local 700 MHz public safety networks; and others, to share ideas onhow best to build the nationwide public safety network. We also are working with entities, suchas the National Governors Association; the U.S. Conference of Mayors; public safety groups; State, local and tribal organizations; and others, to leverage all available resources and expertisetoward our shared goal of serving the urgent communications needs of America’s State, regional,tribal, local and Federal first responders. While this initial report provides information about activities undertaken throughSeptember 30, 2012, including FirstNet’s inaugural Board meeting on September 25th, FirstNetand NTIA have undertaken substantial activity since then. Your continued support for FirstNetis enormously appreciated, and I look forward to keeping you updated on our activities as wemove forward. If you have any questions regarding this report or any other FirstNet matter,please feel free to contact me. Enclosure FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESSFORFISCAL YEAR 2012 Submitted to the Committee on Commerce, Science and TransportationUnited States Senate and the Committee on Energy and CommerceUnited States House of Representatives February 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I.Introduction and Background ................................................................................................. 1II.Activities Prior To Appointment of the Non-Permanent FirstNet Board Members............... 1A.Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability ..................................... 1B.NTIA Actions to Implement the State and Local Implementation Grant Program ......... 2C.Recruitment of Candidates for the Non-Permanent FirstNet Board Members ................ 3D.NTIA’s General Outreach and Education on FirstNet and the Act.................................. 3E.NTIA’s Partial Suspensions of BTOP Public Safety Projects ......................................... 4III.Operations, Activities and Accomplishments of FirstNet in Fiscal Year 2012................... 4A.Appointment of the Non-Permanent FirstNet Board Members ....................................... 4B.Inaugural Meeting of the FirstNet Board ......................................................................... 51.Organizational and Administrative Resolutions......