Public Safety Communications in the Far Reaches of Tribal Lands (Video)
An Unparalleled Community needs an Uncommon Network
By Margaret Gutierrez, FirstNet Regional Tribal Government Liaison
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe refers to the layout of its tribal lands as a checkerboard—with...
‘Bomb Cyclone’ Swirls Northward, Bringing Snow & Bitter Cold (Videos)
By the New York Times
A wintry pummeling of snow, bitter cold and strong winds was battering the East Coast on Thursday as a powerful storm system that dumped ice, sleet and...
Unanimous Opt-Ins Pave Way for FirstNet (Learn More, Multi-Video)
With last week’s close of the FirstNet opt-in/opt-out period, the unanimous decisions of states and territories across America are in - making it a big week for public safety.
Fifty states, 2 territories and...
ASC Launches Campus-Based Layered Mass Notification System
American Signal Corporation (ASC), Two-Time Winner of the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards and Platinum Award Winner for Best Disaster Preparedness, Recovery Solution, is launching its new in-network mass notification and alerting system: ASC AWARE.
This product...
Game Changer: America’s Suicide Bombers (Learn More, Multi-Video)
Guest Editorial by Stanley I. White, IACSP, ATO
The date of December 11, 2017 and March 13, 1881 have some common characteristics.
The commonalities involve explosives, violence, deliberative actions and the fact...
Serco to Support FEMA US Disaster Recovery (Learn More, Multi-Video)
Serco, a provider of professional, technology, and management services, has been awarded a position on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Technical Assistance Contract (PA TAC) IV.
Serco will provide...
Hero Down: 29yo Deputy Killed in Denver Suburb Shootout (Multi-Video)
By M.L. Nestel and Dean Schabner, ABC News
The man authorities say killed one Colorado sheriff's deputy and wounded four others was an Iraq War veteran who allegedly made threats to the...
ISIS Will Remain a Threat in 2018, Experts Warn (Learn More, Videos)
By Saphora Smith and Michele Neubert, NBC News
The Islamic State's so-called caliphate ends 2017 in tatters.
But after a year in which U.S.-backed forces drove ISIS militants from strongholds in Iraq and Syria,...
DOT Chao on Benefits of New Dixie Highway Project (Learn More, Video)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today took part in a kickoff event for the construction of the New Dixie Highway Project in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday.
The project was awarded...
Doctor Indicted for Patient’s Overdose Death in SI (Learn More, Video)
A second superseding indictment has been unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging medical doctor Martin Tesher with unlawfully prescribing oxycodone and fentanyl to a patient, Nicholas Benedetto, without legitimate medical...
