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OVERSIGHT OF FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHORITY (FIRSTNET) AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MARCH 14, 2013 Serial No. 113–16 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 80–378 WASHINGTON : 2014 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:18 Feb 26, 2014 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 F:\MY DOCS\HEARINGS 113\113-16 CHRIS COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE FRED UPTON, Michigan Chairman RALPH M. HALL, Texas HENRY A. WAXMAN, California JOE BARTON, Texas Ranking Member Chairman Emeritus JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky Chairman Emeritus JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey GREG WALDEN, Oregon BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois LEE TERRY, Nebraska ANNA G. ESHOO, California MIKE ROGERS, Michigan ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania GENE GREEN, Texas MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee LOIS CAPPS, California Vice Chairman MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania PHIL GINGREY, Georgia JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana JIM MATHESON, Utah ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington JOHN BARROW, Georgia GREGG HARPER, Mississippi DORIS O. MATSUI, California LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana KATHY CASTOR, Florida BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland PETE OLSON, Texas JERRY MCNERNEY, California DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa CORY GARDNER, Colorado PETER WELCH, Vermont MIKE POMPEO, Kansas BEN RAY LUJAN, New Mexico ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois PAUL TONKO, New York H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida BILL JOHNSON, Missouri BILLY LONG, Missouri RENEE L. ELLMERS, North Carolina (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:18 Feb 26, 2014 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\MY DOCS\HEARINGS 113\113-16 CHRIS SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY GREG WALDEN, Oregon Chairman ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio ANNA G. ESHOO, California Vice Chairman Ranking Member JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts LEE TERRY, Nebraska MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania MIKE ROGERS, Michigan DORIS O. MATSUI, California MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana PETER WELCH, Vermont LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey BEN RAY LUJAN, New Mexico BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan CORY GARDNER, Colorado FRANK PALLONE, JR., NEW JERSEY MIKE POMPEO, Kansas BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado BILLY LONG, Missouri JIM MATHESON, Utah RENEE L. ELLMERS, North Carolina G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina JOE BARTON, Texas HENRY A. WAXMAN, California, ex officio FRED UPTON, Michigan, ex officio (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:18 Feb 26, 2014 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\MY DOCS\HEARINGS 113\113-16 CHRIS VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:18 Feb 26, 2014 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\MY DOCS\HEARINGS 113\113-16 CHRIS C O N T E N T S Page Hon. Greg Walden, a Representative in Congress from the state of Oregon, opening statement ................................................................................................ 1 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 3 Hon. Anna G. Eshoo, a Representative in Congress from the state of Cali- fornia, opening statement .................................................................................... 4 Hon. Fred Upton, a Representative in Congress from the state of Michigan, opening statement ................................................................................................ 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 6 Hon. Henry A. Waxman, a Representative in Congress from the state of California, opening statement ............................................................................. 7 WITNESSES Samuel Ginn, Chairman, First Responder Network Authority ........................... 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 11 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 215 Christopher McIntosh, statewide Interoperability Coordinator, Virginia ........... 38 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 40 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 228 Ray Lehr, Director, statewide Communications Interoperability Coordinator, Maryland ............................................................................................................... 48 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 50 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 231 James A. Barnett, Jr., Rear Admiral U.S. Navy (Ret.), Former Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- sion, Partner and Co-Chair, Telecommunications Group, Venable LLP ......... 55 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 57 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 232 Declan Ganley, Chairman and CEO, Rivada Networks ....................................... 118 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 120 David Turetsky, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission ............................................................................. 152 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 155 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 240 Diane Kniowski, President and General Manager, WOOD/WOTV/WXSP, Lin Media ..................................................................................................................... 166 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 168 Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA— The Wireless Association ..................................................................................... 183 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 185 Trey Forgety, Director, Government Affairs, National Emergency Number Association ............................................................................................................ 189 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 191 SUBMITTED MATERIAL Letter of March 13, 2013, from the state of Ohio’s Chief Information Officer to Mr. Latta .......................................................................................................... 207 Letter of March 13. 2013, from the National Governors Association to the Subcommittee, submitted by Ms. Eshoo ............................................................ 208 Letter of March 13. 2013, from Testron Systems to the Subcommittee, sub- mitted by Mr. Walden .......................................................................................... 210 (V) VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:18 Feb 26, 2014 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\MY DOCS\HEARINGS 113\113-16 CHRIS VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:18 Feb 26, 2014 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\MY DOCS\HEARINGS 113\113-16 CHRIS OVERSIGHT OF FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHORITY (FIRSTNET) AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:32 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Greg Walden (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Walden, Latta, Terry, Blackburn, Scalise, Lance, Guthrie, Kinzinger, Long, Ellmers, Barton, Upton (ex officio), Eshoo, Matsui, Braley, Welch, Dingell, Pallone and Waxman (ex officio). Staff present: Ray Baum, Senior Policy Advisor/Director of Coali- tions; Sean Bonyun, Communications Director; Matt Bravo, Profes- sional Staff Member; Andy Duberstein, Deputy Press Secretary; Neil Fried, Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology; Debbee Hancock, Press Secretary; Nick Magallanes, Policy Coordi- nator, Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade; David Redl, Counsel, Telecom; Charlotte Savercool, Executive Assistant, Legislative Clerk; Lyn Walker, Coordinator, Admin/Human Services; Tom Wil- bur, Digital Media Advisor; Roger Sherman, Democratic Chief Counsel; Shawn Chang, Democratic Senior Counsel; Patrick Dono- van, FCC Detailee; and Kara van Stralen,