John Merrill

Director (Acting) Office for Interoperability and CompatibilityFirst Responders GroupScience and Technology Directorate

IWCE 2015

An Update on the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP)

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“New” rolls and responsibilities of DHS OIC, current status and transition into new oversight of P25 Process

DHS OIC/OEC Partnership with APCO

Suppliers Declaration of Compliance and Summary Test Reports, process flow, areas for improvement

P25 CAP Governance Board and P25 SC process

Performance, Conformance, and Interoperability

Overview of accreditation body and labs

P25 CAP Website status

How would you define success of the P25 CAP?

Goals of this Discussion…

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Panel Participants

John Merrill Moderator Director (Acting) Office for Interoperability and Compatibility

US Department of Homeland Security john.merrill@hq.dhs.gov

Chris Lougee Moderator Vice President Icom America, Inc. ChrisLougee@IcomAmerica.com

Andy Davis Panelist Senior Resource Manager Motorola Solutions andy.davis@motorolasolutions.com

James Downes Panelist Supervisory Manager, Office of Emergency Communications

US Department of Homeland Security James.Downes@DHS.gov

Cuong Luu Panelist Program Manager US Department of Homeland Security cuong.luu@HQ.DHS.GOV

Tom Sorley Panelist Deputy CIO Public Safety Houston IT Services – HITS City of Houston, TX Tom.sorley@houstontx.gov

Andrew Thiessen Panelist NTIA/ITS.P Division Chief PSCR andrew@its.bldrdoc.gov

Stephen Devine Panelist Project 25 Manager APCO devines@apcointl.org

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John MerrillT: (202) 254-5604E-mail: John.Merrill@hq.dhs.gov

Contact Information

Cuong Luu

Program ManagerOffice for Interoperability and CompatibilityFirst Responders GroupScience and Technology Directorate

IWCE 2015

An Update on the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP)

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15 Day comment period for Compliance Assessment Bulletins which are now available at www.firstresponder.gov/p25cap

P25 CAP Web site Launch

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Suppliers’ Declaration of Compliance and Summary Test Reports can be submitted at P25CAP@dhs.hq.gov

Receipt confirmation and timely follow up

P25 CAP Document Submission

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P25 CAP logos A program mark signifying the accreditation bodies participation in the P25 CAP

and for use by the accreditation body A laboratory certification mark that would be licensed to the accreditation body for

use when a laboratory is accredited to be a part of the P25 CAP

Future P25 CAP testing OIC, with assistance from the Association of Public-Safety Communications

Officials, will coordinate with the P25 CAP Governing Board to establish testing priorities for both new and revised test procedures

OIC will work with the Public Safety Communications Research Program and public safety to develop conformance testing procedures

Additional P25 CAP Updates