[FADCA] Interoperability Between Gov. Agencies

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Here is a post that some might be interested in. We have
been discussing interoperability between various Emergency
Response Agencies using Digital Communication. Here is a
forum regarding interoperability between public service
agencies.
                        



                 
                  
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                              "Steve Uhrig"
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                 Reply-To:  
                              LMR@yahoogroups.com
                      Date:  
                              Thu May 9 19:20:31 2002 
                        To:  
                              lmr@yahoogroups.com 
                  Subject:  
                              [LMR] Gov't summit on LMR
interoperability 


                  

                 General Information

                 Document Type: Special Notice Solicitation
Number: SN050802  

                 Posted Date: May 08, 2002  

                 Original Response Date: May 17, 2002  

                 Current Response Date: May 17, 2002  

                 Archive Date: Jun 01, 2002  

                 Classification Code: 58 -- Communication,
detection, & coherent 
                 radiation equipment  

                 Contracting Office Address  

                 Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Engineering 
                 Contracts Unit/PPMS, FBI Engineering
Research Facility Building 
                 27958A, Room A-263, Quantico, VA, 22135  

                 Description  

                 The Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN)
Program and the National 
                 Telecommunications Information
Administration (NTIA) will co-sponsor 
                 a summit at the Ronald Reagan International
Trade Center in 
                 Washington, DC, on June 11-12, 2002. (See
www.pswn.gov or call 1-800-
                 565-PSWN for additional information on the
summit.) This summit is 
                 intended to stimulate networking and
firsthand information exchanges, 
                 among attendees, equipment manufacturers,
and commercial wireless 
                 service providers about current and
emerging solutions to wireless 
                 communications interoperability among
public safety land mobile radio 
                 (LMR) communications systems. The summit
participants will include 
                 local, state, and federal chief information
officers, congressional 
                 staffers, elected and appointed officials,
and public safety 
                 executives. The PSWN Program envisions
informative presentations by 
                 users of existing wireless solutions,
manufacturers, and commercial 
                 service providers to include an opportunity
for vendors to set up 
                 tabletop exhibits for participants to ask
additional questions about 
                 their solutions. Vendor presentations (up
to 7 slots) are planned for 
                 June 12, 2002 from 8:00-Noon. Dependent on
vendor responses, each 
                 vendor will be given 30 minutes to make
presentations including, but 
                 not limited to, vendor products, status of
research and development 
                 activities, and compliance with published
standards. The information 
                 should focus on technical solutions, but
should be presented in an 
                 easy to understand format for participants
from both more technical 
                 and less technical backgrounds. Up to 15
tabletop exhibits are 
                 planned for June 12, 2002 from 1:30 -3:30
p.m. Vendors will be 
                 accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis. The Summit co-sponsors 
                 will not provide transportation, per diem,
or other resources or 
                 support for vendors participating in the
discussion. Vendors desiring 
                 to send a representative to participate in
the presentations and/or 
                 the tabletop exhibits should make their
request via e-mail 
                 (preferred), by fax, or in writing to: Mrs.
Carole Kirsch, PSWN 
                 Program, P.O. Box 3926, Fairfax, VA 22038,
(E-mail 
                 cakirsch@earthlink.net, Phone:
703-279-2006, Fax: 703-279-2032). 
                 Requests must specify company and
participant by name, and provide 
                 the following point-of-contact information:
business mailing address, 
                 telephone and fax numbers, and email
address. Requests should be 
                 received no later than May 17, 2002.
Participation in the summit and 
                 exhibit will be confirmed by May 24, 2002.
Vendors confirmed to 
                 participate in the summit will be asked by
the PSWN Program to review 
                 and approve all presentation materials
(e.g., briefing slides).  

                 Point of Contact  

                 Larry Garelick, Contracting Officer, Phone
703-632-6102, Fax 703-632-
                 6103, Email lgarelick@fbiacademy.edu -
Larry Garelick, Contracting 
                 Officer, Phone 703-632-6102, Fax
703-632-6103, Email 
                 lgarelick@fbiacademy.edu  

                 Place of Performance  

                 Address: Ronald Reagan International Trade
Center Washington, DC - - 
                 ALL COMMUNICATIONS ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO
PSWN PROGRAM, ATTENTION:    
                 CAROLE KIRSCH, AS SET FORTH IN SYNOPSIS.