Presentation by Edward Parkinson, FirstNet, at AGL Conference, June 19, Washington, D.C.

Edward Parkinson Director of Government Affairs May 21, 2014

www.firstnet.gov

FirstNet Update

Why FirstNet

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Why FirstNet


Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Act implements key Administration priorities – Public Law No. 112-96 (enacted February 22, 2012)

NTIA to establish the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)

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Purpose To create a nationwide, wireless, interoperable public safety broadband network

Network Single nationwide network architecture Technology LTE: the most advanced, proven technology Spectrum Reallocated 700 MHz D Block Coverage Nationwide along with rural, underserved areas Funding $7B through spectrum auctions proceeds

Sustainability Self-funded through fees Governance Specifications for the FirstNet Board

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Presentation Notes

To set the stage, I wanted to provide some background on FirstNet, or the First Responder Network Authority. For those not familiar with FirstNet, its vision and mission originate from a Congressional mandate in 2012 to build a nationwide, interoperable, public safety broadband network. Title VI of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 established the First Responder Network Authority as an independent authority within NTIA. It also required the Federal Communications Commission to grant a license to FirstNet for 22 MHz of spectrum made up of both existing public safety broadband spectrum and spectrally adjacent commercial spectrum. The Act charges FirstNet with establishing and overseeing a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network, including by, at a minimum: Ensuring nationwide standards for use and access to the network Issuing open, transparent, and competitive requests for proposals to the private sector Encouraging use of existing commercial wireless infrastructure to speed deployment, and Managing and overseeing private sector entities that build, operate, and maintain the network. In addition to these minimum requirements, the Act mandates careful consideration of rural areas. Deployment phases with substantial rural coverage milestones must be part of each construction and deployment phase of the network.

Public Safety Needs FirstNet

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First Responders Deserve the Best Network Flying Blind is Dangerous

Reliability Must Be Built In Sharing One Network Improves Communication

Public Safety Needs Priority Access Mass Markets Fuel Innovation

Special Events Attract Big Crowds Budgets are Tight

Rural Emergencies Pose Coverage Challenges

Battling Threats Requires a Coordinated Response

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FirstNet Updates

FirstNet Organization

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Chief Administrative Officer FRANK FREEMAN

Human Resources (Jamesa Moone) Recruitment & Staffing Payroll & Benefits Workforce Development Facilities Management (Derrek Sanks) Emergency & COOP Operations Support Records Management & Training (Saleah Tinsley) Travel Operations (Teryl Smith)

Chief Financial Officer RANDY LYON

Deputy CFO (David Socolof) Budget and Finance Budget Operations & Controls (Alice Suh) Finance & Accounting Deputy CFO for Strategic Planning (John Quinlan) Performance Measurement & Risk

Management (Lea-Ann Bigelow)

Office of Chief Counsel STUART KUPINSKY

Board Matters (Uzoma Onyeije) General Law (Jason Karp, Uzoma Onyeije, Eli Veenendaal, Natasha Coates) NEPA (Genevieve Walker, Amanda Pereira) Regulatory Strategy (Lance Johnson)

Chief Technical Officer ALI AFRASHTEH

Deputy CTO (Jeff Bratcher, Acting) RAN CORE Applications Devices Performance Budget Technology Planning & Dev. Standards Operations Deployment FirstNet Labs

FirstNet Offices and Divisions

Program Management and Strategy

Mark Daley

Board of Directors

Samuel (Sam) Ginn, Chair Sue Swenson, Vice Chair

Barry Boniface Tim Bryan

Sylvia Mathews Burwell (OMB) Charles (Chuck) Dowd

F. Craig Farrill Paul Fitzgerald

Eric Holder (U.S. Attorney General) Jeff Johnson

Jeh Johnson (DHS) Kevin McGinnis

Ed Reynolds Teri Takai (DoD)

Wellington Webb

GENERAL MANAGER TJ Kennedy (Acting)

DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER

TJ Kennedy

Deputy General Manager User Advocacy

TJ KENNEDY

Government Affairs (Ed Parkinson) Communications Division (Corey Ray) Outreach Division (Amanda Hilliard) Federal State Tribal Product Management Division State Consultation Division (David Buchanan) State Plans (Richard Reed) Strategy and Business Planning Division (Jessica Zufolo)

Chief Information Officer JIM GWINN

IT Services Office Systems Desktop Telecom Peripheral User Systems & Operations Billing Device Operations Provisioning User& Technical Support Mobility

Chief of Staff Stuart Kapinsky

(Acting) Advisor

Laura Pettus (Acting)

May 21, 2014

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Presentation Notes

FirstNet has grown in the past year with its staffing and resources. For example: We have 40 current employees, including 32 federal employees and 8 detailees. We have extended 15 offers to new employees, which they have accepted. And there are 36 new positions in the HR process. We will continue to build the muscle necessary to execute the plans we've been discussing. Since our last webinar, we have hired many key roles, including the CIO. Jim Gwinn comes to us from USDA where he served as the CIO for the Farm Service Agency. In addition, we hired a Communications Director. Corey Ray comes to us from the Department of Justice COPS office.

Preliminary Consultation and State Plan Process Final State

Plan Final State Plan

Review Draft State Plan

Review Intermediate Design

Review (IDR)

Stakeholder Asset

Evaluation

Prelim. Design Review (PDR) & Data Collection Initial Consultation Preparation

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Send Initial Consultation

Checklist

Coordinated Outreach

Plan

Collect Operations

Data

FirstNet Research / Planning

(FCC / NPSTC Reqts)

Assess/Prioritize Public & Private

Assets

IDR Meeting (Assets, Coverage, Priority,

Security, Training)

Identify Best Value Assets & Develop Cost

Estimate

Finalize State Plan

Validate / Verify Asset Suitability -

Core & RAN design

Draft State Plan Review Meeting

(Complete DRAFT Plan)

Final State Plan Review Meeting

w/ SPOC & Gov. Office

Final State Plan

Presented to Governor

State Provides Checklist Materials

Draft & Issue RFPs

Evaluate RFP Responses

OEC Consultation Prep Workshops

(Voluntary)

OEC’s Mobile Data Survey Tool (MDST)

(Voluntary)

FirstNet Coverage Baseline

Develop Asset Tool

Collect Screening

Info on Assets

PDR & Data Collection Mtg

(Coverage, Data Collection, PS Grade)

RFP Results

Draft State Plan Outreach /

Vetting Process

Initial Consultation (Process, Users,

Coverage, Outreach)

Update Design & Send to State

Cost & User Fees

IDR State Outreach / Vetting Process

Update Plan & Send to State

State Feedback on User Baseline

APCO/NPSTC hardening recs. (PS Grade)

Update Business Case from Asset

Evaluation

Federal Assets and Coverage/User

feedback

Detailed Date

Collection / Suitability

Update Business Cases from Users info,

MDST

Final State Review

Develop Ops Baseline Sections of State Plan

(Security, Priority & Training)

Update Business Case from

Operational Reqts

Update Business Case from IDR

feedback

Finalize Ops Sections of State Plan

(Security, Priority, Training)

Review Priority,

Security & Training Plans

PSAC Tribal Working Group NTIA SLIGP Monitoring/Support ECPC Federal Agency Inputs

Legend: Stakeholder (State / Local / Tribal / Fed)

Joint Stakeholder / FirstNet

FirstNet

Partners (NTIA / DHS / PS Orgs)

NTIA Approval

RFI Response

Review

PSAC Inputs on

Operational Topics

State Review / Feedback of

Coverage Baseline

Develop Asset MOU

Reqts

SLIGP Ph. 2

Develop Asset Data Collection

Plan

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Presentation Notes

This flow chart illustrates the currently proposed process for the FirstNet consultation and state plan development. It provides the path from initial consultation to delivery of a state plan, with details about the key steps, process flow, and roles and responsibilities for FirstNet and the states. It shows a notional schedule for the process, including the technical and operational tracks, and shows the dependencies that may impact the process. This iterative, interactive process gives states multiple opportunities to enhance and improve the draft state plan. It is important to note that this process map shows more than what will be done through state consultation; it also includes the technical and user requirements/business case that we’re working on in parallel. For the purposes of state consultation, states should concentrate on the middle swim lane that is green. Dave Buchanan, Director of State Consultation, is going to host individual conference calls for each state prior to initial state consultation, to answer your questions about the process and prepare you for the initial consultation meeting. Throughout the process, there are only a few tasks that States will have to conduct themselves and that will be after getting sufficient direction from FirstNet staff. For example, the State has to provide checklist materials to FirstNet staff. Guidance for these materials is included in the initial consultation package.

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Final State Plan

Final State Plan Review

Draft State Plan Review

Intermediate Design Review (IDR)

Prelim. Design Review (PDR) Initial Consultation Preparation

FirstNet Research/Planning (FCC/NPSTC Reqts)

Update Business Case from Initial Consultation Mtg

PSAC Inputs on

Operational Topics

Send Initial Consultation

Checklist

Coordinated Outreach

Plan

Final State Plan Review Meeting

w/ SPOC & Gov. Office

State Provides Checklist Materials

OEC Consultation Prep Workshops

(Voluntary)

OEC’s Mobile Data Survey Tool (MDST)

(Voluntary)

Initial Consultation Meeting

(Process, Users, Coverage, Outreach)

State Feedback on

User Baseline

Review Priority,

Security & Training Plans

State Review / Feedback of

Coverage Baseline

Finalize Ops Sections of State Plan

(Security, Priority, Training)

Finalize State Plan

Evaluate RFP Responses

FirstNet Coverage Baseline

RFP Results

Update Design & Send to State

Refine Plan & Send to State

APCO/NPSTC hardening recs. (PS Grade)

RFI Response

Review

IDR State Outreach / Vetting Process

SLIGP Ph. 2

Develop Asset Data Collection

Plan

Cost & User Fees

Final State Review

Review and Update IDR

Results

Draft State Plan Review Meeting

(Complete DRAFT Plan)

Draft State Plan Outreach /

Vetting Process

PDR Meeting (Coverage, Data

Collection, PS Grade)

Further Collection of Operations and

Other Data

Federal Assets and Coverage/User

feedback

Collect State Infrastructure

Draft & Issue RFPs

PROPOSED Consultation, Outreach & State Plan Process

Update Business Case from

Operational Reqts

Develop Asset Tool

Update Business Case from IDR

feedback

IDR Meeting (Assets, Coverage, Priority,

Security, Training)

Next Steps Task Orders Change Orders Revised Plans Meetings with State

Develop Ops Baseline Sections of State Plan

(Security, Priority & Training)

Final State Plan

Presented to Governor

We Are

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Legend: Stakeholder (State / Local / Tribal / Fed)

Joint Stakeholder / FirstNet

FirstNet

Partners (NTIA / DHS / PS Orgs)

NTIA Approval PSAC Tribal Working Group NTIA SLIGP Monitoring/Support ECPC Federal Agency Inputs

Network Build Considerations

Challenges

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Five Unique Coverage Categories

Wilderness/ No Coverage Rural

Suburban Urban

Dense Urban

Unique Geography and Demographics Require Multiple Solutions – Seamless Operation

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State Outreach and Consultation Updates

FirstNet Outreach and Communications

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FirstNet.gov website launched in March 2014 – Upcoming speaking engagements and current

events – Presentations – Fact Sheets, including Law Enforcement, Fire,

EMS, and LMR Networks – March Board meeting materials and webcast

Planned website capabilities

– Blogs – Information subscription – Secure portal for information exchange

Social media presence

Development of Outreach Toolkit

– Videos – Presentations – Fact Sheets

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Presentation Notes

We know that you all have been clamoring for tools to get the word out about FirstNet. FirstNet did a soft launch of our website last month. On the first day, we received nearly 1,000 site visits. The website contains valuable information for stakeholders; I encourage you to review the site if you haven’t already done so. We recently posted fact sheets/101 materials: EMS, Law Enforcement, Fire Services, and LMR Networks Fact Sheets Bill’s remarks at IWCE Additional fact sheets are under development, including tribal nations and communities and 911 emergency communications. We’ll continue to produce templates, talking points, and fact sheets for your to use in your outreach programs and post them. Please continue to share your materials or suggestions for new materials with Amanda Hilliard. In future website versions, we want to add interactive aspects, including a place for stakeholders to share their information in a secure manner. In addition, we just hired a social media specialist to develop our strategy. We will incorporate this into the website updates.

FirstNet Regional Structure

10 Regional Teams to: – Work with the state SPOCs – Outreach to cities and other

localities – Current Focus: state consultation – Future Focus:

• Education and training • Outreach • Solution sales • Support • Account management

2 Nationwide Teams to:

– Gather input and requirements – Serve users

TRIBAL TEAM

FEDERAL TEAM

The FirstNet operational outreach model aligns with 10 FEMA regions.


Initial Consultation Agenda Topics

Topic Description

State or Territory Update

Discuss any topics the state or territory feels necessary to facilitate consultation process.

FirstNet Update Provide update on FirstNet activities related to technical design, organization, outreach and overall policy.

Consultation Process Delineate the consultation process, with a timeframe, key steps and strategy.

Roles and Responsibilities

Discuss responsibilities and roles for FirstNet, state officials and major stakeholders.

Eligible Users Review baseline information about potential users in each state.

Coverage Provide definition of coverage. Guide conversation to help states begin to think about coverage needs.

Joint Outreach Planning

Identify how FirstNet can best support outreach efforts in the state or territory based on a review of material provided in the Readiness Checklist.

Next Steps Discuss joint outreach activities, completion of the user baseline, and any additional next steps identified in the meeting.


LEGEND

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4 Pre-consultation conference call scheduled or completed

Initial Consultation Checklist returned to FirstNet

Initial Consultation meeting scheduled with FirstNet

1 Received Initial Consultation Package from FirstNet

Current Statistics (June 2, 2014)

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Procurement

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FirstNet has committed to releasing an RFP no later than the end of the calendar year This is a worst-case timeline

This RFP will be fully comprehensive

Per the FirstNet Board release – we are seeking a

“comprehensive network solution” – not multiple niche solutions which we in turn have to integrate


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Both potential comprehensive network partners and niche solutions providers recognize that they need each other and will team appropriately Teams will be substantively formed before release of

draft network RFP in late CY14 Teams will provide quick-turn comments on draft

network RFP FirstNet can release final RFP in early CY15 with a 60 -

90 day proposal due date


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Thank You

Presentation by Edward Parkinson, FirstNet, at AGL Conference, June 19, Washington, D.C.

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