Cost cutting efforts must not result in a weakened national public safety...
Cost cutting efforts must not result in a weakened national public safety network, said a spokeswoman for Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. Rockefeller has a bill to give the 700 MHz D-block to public safety, but some conservatives…
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say the giveaway wouldn’t be consistent with the cost-cutting platform on which many GOP election winners ran (CD Nov 11 p2). “Chairman Rockefeller thinks that underfunding one of our government’s most basic obligations -- making sure our first responders have the tools they need to protect the public -- is simply unacceptable,” the Rockefeller spokeswoman said. “He is committed to giving first responders the tools they require to keep us safe -- and will continue to push for them to get the spectrum they need for a nationwide interoperable system.”