Intrado exhibits database functionality at NENA

National Emergency Number Association (NENA) board members yesterday released the latest version of the i3 standard for next-generation 911 (NG911) infrastructure, which will be submitted to the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) for approval that could resolve one point of contention in NG911 funding proposals. “This is a landmark moment in the evolution of NG911,” […]

Nicole Perlroth, cybersecurity writer for The New York Times and author of This is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapon Arms Race, talks about the recent rash of ransomware and other cyberattacks, how they are executed, and the threats they pose throughout society—particularly to emergency-response and critical-infrastructure entities. Perlroth will be a […]

State and local entities that use revenues from 911 fees for purposes that do not directly support 911 will be identified and risk losing access to federal 911 funding, according to the FCC’s report and order addressing the issue of 911 fee diversion that was required by Congress. Released yesterday, the order fulfills an FCC […]

National Emergency Number Association (NENA) CEO Brian Fontes said it is “false” that his organization would oppose legislation that would provide $15 billion in federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments, but he reiterated NENA’s stance that some language in the existing proposal should be changed. NENA’s position on the NG911 funding language in the […]