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155: FirstNet Empowers AT&T Congressional Dish

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In 2012, Congress created a new government agency called FirstNet and tasked it with building a high-speed wireless network that would allow all first responders in the United States to communicate with each other daily and in times of emergencies. In July, FirstNet awarded AT&T with a 25 year contract to do the actual work. In this episode, hear highlights from a recent hearing about this new network as we examine the wisdom of contracting such an important part of our public safety infrastructure to the private sector. Please visit to nominate your favorite Congressional Dish episode. Password: Patreon Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute using credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Bitcoin to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Additional Reading Article: by Blake Montgomery, Buzzfeed News, August 2, 2017. Article: by Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications, August 1, 2017. Article: by Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications, August 1, 2017. Article: by Adam Stone, GovTech, July 27, 2017. Interview: by Andy Reed, Executive Biz, July 27, 2017. Article: by David McLaughlin, Gerry Smith and Scott Moritz, Bloomberg, July 24, 2017. Article: by Daniel Vitulich, Wireless Week, July 21, 2017. Article: by Amy Kolb Noyes, VPR, July 14, 2017. Article: by Dave Gram, VTDigger, July 9, 2017. Article: by Al Catalano, Keller and Heckman LLP, Lexology, June 29, 2017. Article: by Leidos, PR Newswire, June 26, 2017. Article: by Theo Douglas, GovTech, June 19, 2017. Report: , U.S. Government Accountability Office, June 2017. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, April 4, 2017. Article: by News Staff, GovTech, March 30, 2017. Article: by Lesia Dickson, GovTech, January 26, 2017. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, December 14, 2016. Article: by Paul Davidson, USA Today, November 30, 2016. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, November 10, 2016. Article: by Michael J. de la Merced, The New York Times, October 22, 2016. Article: by Colin Wood, GovTech, May 18, 2016. Website: , The New York Times, February 13, 2016. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, July 24, 2015. Article: by Adam Stone, GovTech, November 17, 2014. Article: by Greg Gordon, McClatchy News Service, GovTech, September 26, 2014. Article: by Greg Gordon, McClatchy DC Bureau, July 14, 2014. Article: by Jose Pagliery, CNN, May 20, 2014. Article: by Tod Newcombie, GovTech, April 17, 2014. Article: by David Raths, GovTech, October 10, 2012. Article: by Sarah Rich, GovTech, August 20, 2012. Article: by Seth Schiesel, The New York Times, June 25, 1998. Article: by Edmund Andrews, The New York Times, February 9, 1996. Article: by Edmund Andrews, The New York Times, September 20, 1994. Article: by Eben Shapiro, The New York Times, May 7, 1991. Article: by Ernest Holsendolph, The New York Times, January 9, 1982. Article: by Gene Smith, The New York Times, November 21, 1974. References Website: Website: GovTrack: Document: Infoplease: YouTube: YouTube: Visual References Sound Clip Sources Hearing: ; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications; July 20, 2017. Witnesses: Curtis Brown: Virginia Deputy Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security Dr. Damon Darsey: University of Mississippi Medical Center Professor Mark Goldstein: GAO Physical Infrastructure Issues Director Chris Sambar: AT&T FirstNet, Senior Vice President Michael Poth: FirstNet CEO Timestamps & Transcripts 1:10 Sen. Roger Wicker (MS): In 2012 Congress created the First Responder Network Authority to lead the development of a nationwide interoperable public-safety broadband network in the United States. Following the communication’s failures that plagued recovery efforts during 9/11 and other national emergencies, including Hurricane Katrina, there was and still is a clear need for a reliable communications network to support the

In 2012, Congress created a new government agency called FirstNet and tasked it with building a high-speed wireless network that would allow all first responders in the United States to communicate with each other daily and in times of emergencies. In July, FirstNet awarded AT&T with a 25 year contract to do the actual work. In this episode, hear highlights from a recent hearing about this new network as we examine the wisdom of contracting such an important part of our public safety infrastructure to the private sector. Please visit to nominate your favorite Congressional Dish episode. Password: Patreon Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute using credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Bitcoin to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Additional Reading Article: by Blake Montgomery, Buzzfeed News, August 2, 2017. Article: by Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications, August 1, 2017. Article: by Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications, August 1, 2017. Article: by Adam Stone, GovTech, July 27, 2017. Interview: by Andy Reed, Executive Biz, July 27, 2017. Article: by David McLaughlin, Gerry Smith and Scott Moritz, Bloomberg, July 24, 2017. Article: by Daniel Vitulich, Wireless Week, July 21, 2017. Article: by Amy Kolb Noyes, VPR, July 14, 2017. Article: by Dave Gram, VTDigger, July 9, 2017. Article: by Al Catalano, Keller and Heckman LLP, Lexology, June 29, 2017. Article: by Leidos, PR Newswire, June 26, 2017. Article: by Theo Douglas, GovTech, June 19, 2017. Report: , U.S. Government Accountability Office, June 2017. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, April 4, 2017. Article: by News Staff, GovTech, March 30, 2017. Article: by Lesia Dickson, GovTech, January 26, 2017. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, December 14, 2016. Article: by Paul Davidson, USA Today, November 30, 2016. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, November 10, 2016. Article: by Michael J. de la Merced, The New York Times, October 22, 2016. Article: by Colin Wood, GovTech, May 18, 2016. Website: , The New York Times, February 13, 2016. Article: , AT&T Newsroom, July 24, 2015. Article: by Adam Stone, GovTech, November 17, 2014. Article: by Greg Gordon, McClatchy News Service, GovTech, September 26, 2014. Article: by Greg Gordon, McClatchy DC Bureau, July 14, 2014. Article: by Jose Pagliery, CNN, May 20, 2014. Article: by Tod Newcombie, GovTech, April 17, 2014. Article: by David Raths, GovTech, October 10, 2012. Article: by Sarah Rich, GovTech, August 20, 2012. Article: by Seth Schiesel, The New York Times, June 25, 1998. Article: by Edmund Andrews, The New York Times, February 9, 1996. Article: by Edmund Andrews, The New York Times, September 20, 1994. Article: by Eben Shapiro, The New York Times, May 7, 1991. Article: by Ernest Holsendolph, The New York Times, January 9, 1982. Article: by Gene Smith, The New York Times, November 21, 1974. References Website: Website: GovTrack: Document: Infoplease: YouTube: YouTube: Visual References Sound Clip Sources Hearing: ; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications; July 20, 2017. Witnesses: Curtis Brown: Virginia Deputy Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security Dr. Damon Darsey: University of Mississippi Medical Center Professor Mark Goldstein: GAO Physical Infrastructure Issues Director Chris Sambar: AT&T FirstNet, Senior Vice President Michael Poth: FirstNet CEO Timestamps & Transcripts 1:10 Sen. Roger Wicker (MS): In 2012 Congress created the First Responder Network Authority to lead the development of a nationwide interoperable public-safety broadband network in the United States. Following the communication’s failures that plagued recovery efforts during 9/11 and other national emergencies, including Hurricane Katrina, there was and still is a clear need for a reliable communications network to support the

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