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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Recruitment of First Responder
Network Authority Board Members
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) issues this
Notice on behalf of the First Responder
Network Authority (FirstNet) to initiate
the annual process to seek expressions
of interest from individuals who would
like to serve on the FirstNet Board.1
Four of the 12 appointments of nonpermanent members to the FirstNet
Board expire in August 2016. The
Secretary of Commerce may reappoint
individuals to serve on the FirstNet
Board provided they have not served
two consecutive full three-year terms.2
NTIA issues this Notice to obtain
expressions of interest in the event the
Secretary must fill any vacancies arising
on the Board. Expressions of interest
will be accepted until May 20, 2016.
DATES: Expressions of interest must be
postmarked or electronically
transmitted on or before May 20, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit
expressions of interest as described
below should send that information to:
Marsha MacBride, Acting Associate
SUMMARY:
1 The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation
Act of 2012 (Act) created FirstNet as an
independent authority within NTIA, directing it to
ensure the building, deployment, and operation of
a single nationwide interoperable broadband
network. Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation
Act of 2012, Public Law 112–96, 126 Stat. 156
(‘‘Act’’), codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et. seq. FirstNet
must exercise, through the actions of its Board, all
powers specifically granted by the provisions of the
Act and such incidental powers as shall be
necessary. 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(1). The Secretary of
Commerce shall appoint 12 non-permanent
members of the Board, with the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Attorney General of the
United States, and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget serving as permanent
members of the Board. 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(1).
2 47 U.S.C. 1424(c)(2)(A)(ii).
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Administrator of NTIA’s Office of Public
Safety Communications, by email to
FirstNetBoardApplicant@ntia.doc.gov;
or by U.S. mail or commercial delivery
service to: Office of Public Safety
Communications, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 4078, Washington,
DC 20230; or by facsimile transmission
to (202) 482–5802. Please note that all
material sent via the U.S. Postal Service
(including ‘‘Overnight’’ or ‘‘Express
Mail’’) is subject to delivery delays of up
to two weeks due to mail security
procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marsha MacBride, Acting Associate
Administrator, Office of Public Safety
Communications, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room 4078, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482–5802;
email: mmacbride@ntia.doc.gov. Please
direct media inquiries to NTIA’s Office
of Public Affairs, (202) 482–7002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Authority
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012 (Act) created the
First Responder Network Authority
(FirstNet) as an independent authority
within NTIA and charged it with
ensuring the building, deployment, and
operation of a nationwide, interoperable
public safety broadband network, based
on a single, national network
architecture.3 FirstNet is responsible for,
at a minimum, ensuring nationwide
standards for use and access of the
network; issuing open, transparent, and
competitive requests for proposals
(RFPs) to build, operate, and maintain
the network; encouraging these RFPs to
leverage, to the maximum extent
economically desirable, existing
commercial wireless infrastructure to
speed deployment of the network; and
managing and overseeing contracts with
non-federal entities to build, operate,
and maintain the network.4 FirstNet
holds the single public safety license
granted for wireless public safety
broadband deployment. The FirstNet
Board is responsible for providing
overall policy direction and oversight of
FirstNet to ensure the success of the
nationwide network.
II. Structure
The FirstNet Board is composed of 15
voting members. The Act names the
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Secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security, the Attorney
General of the United States, and the
Director of the Office of Management
and Budget as permanent members of
the FirstNet Board. The Secretary of
Commerce appoints the twelve nonpermanent members of the FirstNet
Board.5 The Act requires each Board
member to have experience or expertise
in at least one of the following
substantive areas: Public safety,
network, technical, and/or financial.6
Additionally, the composition of the
FirstNet Board must satisfy the other
requirements specified in the Act,
including that: (i) At least three Board
members have served as public safety
professionals; (ii) at least three members
represent the collective interests of
states, localities, tribes, and territories;
and (iii) its members reflect geographic
and regional, as well as rural and urban,
representation.7 An individual Board
member may satisfy more than one of
these requirements. The current nonpermanent FirstNet Board members are
(noting length of term):
• Barry Boniface, Private equity
investor and telecommunications
executive
(Term expires: August 2016)
• Chris Burbank, Chief of Police, Salt
Lake City, Utah (retired)
(Term expires: August 2017)
• Neil E. Cox, Telecommunications/
technology executive (Term expires:
August 2018)
• James H. Douglas, Former Governor,
Vermont (Term expires: August 2017)
• Edward Horowitz, Venture capital/
technology executive (Term expires:
August 2018)
• Jeffrey Johnson (Vice Chair), Fire
Chief (retired); CEO, Western Fire
Chiefs Association; Former Chair,
State Interoperability Council, State of
Oregon (Term expires: August 2016)
• Kevin McGinnis, Chief/CEO, North
East Mobile Health Services (Term
expires: August 2018)
• Annise Parker, Former Mayor, City of
Houston, Texas (Term expires: August
2018)
• Ed Reynolds, Telecommunications
executive (retired) (Term expires:
August 2017)
• Richard Stanek, Sheriff, Hennepin
County, Minnesota and National
Sheriffs’ Association Executive
Committee Member (Term expires:
August 2017)
• Susan Swenson (Chair),
Telecommunications/technology
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U.S.C. 1424(b).
U.S.C. 1424(b)(2)(B).
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executive (Term expires: August
2016)
• Teri Takai, Government information
technology expert; former CIO, States
of Michigan and California (Term
expires: August 2016)
More information about the FirstNet
Board is available at www.firstnet.gov/
about/Board. Board members are
appointed for a term of three years, and
Board members may not serve more
than two consecutive full three-year
terms.
III. Compensation and Status as
Government Employees
FirstNet Board members are
appointed as special government
employees. FirstNet Board members are
compensated at the daily rate of basic
pay for level IV of the Executive
Schedule (approximately $160,300 per
year).8 Each Board member must be a
United States citizen, cannot be a
registered lobbyist, and cannot be a
registered agent of, employed by, or
receive payments from a foreign
government.9
IV. Financial Disclosure and Conflicts
of Interest
FirstNet Board members must comply
with certain federal conflict of interest
statutes and ethics regulations,
including some financial disclosure
requirements. A FirstNet Board member
will generally be prohibited from
participating on any particular matter
that will have a direct and predictable
effect on his or her personal financial
interests or on the interests of the
appointee’s spouse, minor children, or
non-federal employer.
V. Selection Process
At the direction of the Secretary of
Commerce, NTIA, in consultation with
FirstNet, will conduct outreach to the
public safety community, state and local
organizations, and industry to solicit
nominations for candidates to the Board
who satisfy the statutory requirements
for membership. In addition, by this
Notice, the Secretary of Commerce,
through NTIA, will accept expressions
of interest until May 20, 2016 from any
individual, or any organization that
wishes to propose a candidate, who
satisfies the statutory requirements for
membership on the FirstNet Board.10
8 47
U.S.C. 1424(g).
Revised Guidance on Appointment of
Lobbyists to Federal Advisory Committees, Boards,
and Commissions, Office of Management and
Budget, 79 FR 47482 (Aug. 13, 2014).
10 Incumbent Board members whose terms expire
in August 2016, and who wish to be considered for
reappointment, do not need to submit an expression
of interest in response to this Notice.
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All parties wishing to be considered
should submit their full name, address,
telephone number, email address, a
current resume, and a statement of
qualifications that references how the
candidate satisfies the Act’s expertise,
representational, and geographic
requirements for FirstNet Board
membership, as described in this
Notice, along with a statement
describing why they want to serve on
the FirstNet Board and affirming their
ability and availability to take a regular
and active role in the Board’s work.
The Secretary of Commerce will select
FirstNet Board candidates based on the
eligibility requirements in the Act and
recommendations submitted by NTIA,
in consultation with the FirstNet
Board’s Governance and Personnel
Committee. NTIA will recommend
candidates based on an assessment of
their qualifications as well as their
demonstrated ability to work in a
collaborative way to achieve the goals
and objectives of FirstNet as set forth in
the Act. Board candidates will be vetted
through the Department of Commerce
and are subject to an appropriate
background check for security
clearance.
Dated: April 11, 2016.
Lawrence E. Strickling,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Recruitment of First Responder Network Authority Board Members
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) issues this Notice on behalf of the First Responder Network
Authority (FirstNet) to initiate the annual process to seek expressions
of interest from individuals who would like to serve on the FirstNet
Board.\1\ Four of the 12 appointments of non-permanent members to the
FirstNet Board expire in August 2016. The Secretary of Commerce may
reappoint individuals to serve on the FirstNet Board provided they have
not served two consecutive full three-year terms.\2\ NTIA issues this
Notice to obtain expressions of interest in the event the Secretary
must fill any vacancies arising on the Board. Expressions of interest
will be accepted until May 20, 2016.
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\1\ The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
(Act) created FirstNet as an independent authority within NTIA,
directing it to ensure the building, deployment, and operation of a
single nationwide interoperable broadband network. Middle Class Tax
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96, 126 Stat.
156 (``Act''), codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et. seq. FirstNet must
exercise, through the actions of its Board, all powers specifically
granted by the provisions of the Act and such incidental powers as
shall be necessary. 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(1). The Secretary of Commerce
shall appoint 12 non-permanent members of the Board, with the
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General of the United
States, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
serving as permanent members of the Board. 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(1).
\2\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(c)(2)(A)(ii).
DATES: Expressions of interest must be postmarked or electronically
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transmitted on or before May 20, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit expressions of interest as
described below should send that information to: Marsha MacBride,
Acting Associate Administrator of NTIA's Office of Public Safety
Communications, by email to FirstNetBoardApplicant@ntia.doc.gov; or by
U.S. mail or commercial delivery service to: Office of Public Safety
Communications, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4078, Washington, DC
20230; or by facsimile transmission to (202) 482-5802. Please note that
all material sent via the U.S. Postal Service (including ``Overnight''
or ``Express Mail'') is subject to delivery delays of up to two weeks
due to mail security procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha MacBride, Acting Associate
Administrator, Office of Public Safety Communications, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4078, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-5802; email: mmacbride@ntia.doc.gov. Please
direct media inquiries to NTIA's Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482-
7002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Authority
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act)
created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as an
independent authority within NTIA and charged it with ensuring the
building, deployment, and operation of a nationwide, interoperable
public safety broadband network, based on a single, national network
architecture.\3\ FirstNet is responsible for, at a minimum, ensuring
nationwide standards for use and access of the network; issuing open,
transparent, and competitive requests for proposals (RFPs) to build,
operate, and maintain the network; encouraging these RFPs to leverage,
to the maximum extent economically desirable, existing commercial
wireless infrastructure to speed deployment of the network; and
managing and overseeing contracts with non-federal entities to build,
operate, and maintain the network.\4\ FirstNet holds the single public
safety license granted for wireless public safety broadband deployment.
The FirstNet Board is responsible for providing overall policy
direction and oversight of FirstNet to ensure the success of the
nationwide network.
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\3\ 47 U.S.C. 1422(b).
\4\ 47 U.S.C. 1426(b)(1).
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II. Structure
The FirstNet Board is composed of 15 voting members. The Act names
the
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Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the Attorney General
of the United States, and the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget as permanent members of the FirstNet Board. The Secretary of
Commerce appoints the twelve non-permanent members of the FirstNet
Board.\5\ The Act requires each Board member to have experience or
expertise in at least one of the following substantive areas: Public
safety, network, technical, and/or financial.\6\ Additionally, the
composition of the FirstNet Board must satisfy the other requirements
specified in the Act, including that: (i) At least three Board members
have served as public safety professionals; (ii) at least three members
represent the collective interests of states, localities, tribes, and
territories; and (iii) its members reflect geographic and regional, as
well as rural and urban, representation.\7\ An individual Board member
may satisfy more than one of these requirements. The current non-
permanent FirstNet Board members are (noting length of term):
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\5\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(b).
\6\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(2)(B).
\7\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(2)(A).
Barry Boniface, Private equity investor and telecommunications
executive
(Term expires: August 2016)
Chris Burbank, Chief of Police, Salt Lake City, Utah (retired)
(Term expires: August 2017)
Neil E. Cox, Telecommunications/technology executive (Term
expires: August 2018)
James H. Douglas, Former Governor, Vermont (Term expires:
August 2017)
Edward Horowitz, Venture capital/technology executive (Term
expires: August 2018)
Jeffrey Johnson (Vice Chair), Fire Chief (retired); CEO,
Western Fire Chiefs Association; Former Chair, State Interoperability
Council, State of Oregon (Term expires: August 2016)
Kevin McGinnis, Chief/CEO, North East Mobile Health Services
(Term expires: August 2018)
Annise Parker, Former Mayor, City of Houston, Texas (Term
expires: August 2018)
Ed Reynolds, Telecommunications executive (retired) (Term
expires: August 2017)
Richard Stanek, Sheriff, Hennepin County, Minnesota and
National Sheriffs' Association Executive Committee Member (Term
expires: August 2017)
Susan Swenson (Chair), Telecommunications/technology executive
(Term expires: August 2016)
Teri Takai, Government information technology expert; former
CIO, States of Michigan and California (Term expires: August 2016)
More information about the FirstNet Board is available at
www.firstnet.gov/about/Board. Board members are appointed for a term of
three years, and Board members may not serve more than two consecutive
full three-year terms.
III. Compensation and Status as Government Employees
FirstNet Board members are appointed as special government
employees. FirstNet Board members are compensated at the daily rate of
basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule (approximately
$160,300 per year).\8\ Each Board member must be a United States
citizen, cannot be a registered lobbyist, and cannot be a registered
agent of, employed by, or receive payments from a foreign
government.\9\
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\8\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(g).
\9\ See, Revised Guidance on Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal
Advisory Committees, Boards, and Commissions, Office of Management
and Budget, 79 FR 47482 (Aug. 13, 2014).
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IV. Financial Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
FirstNet Board members must comply with certain federal conflict of
interest statutes and ethics regulations, including some financial
disclosure requirements. A FirstNet Board member will generally be
prohibited from participating on any particular matter that will have a
direct and predictable effect on his or her personal financial
interests or on the interests of the appointee's spouse, minor
children, or non-federal employer.
V. Selection Process
At the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, NTIA, in
consultation with FirstNet, will conduct outreach to the public safety
community, state and local organizations, and industry to solicit
nominations for candidates to the Board who satisfy the statutory
requirements for membership. In addition, by this Notice, the Secretary
of Commerce, through NTIA, will accept expressions of interest until
May 20, 2016 from any individual, or any organization that wishes to
propose a candidate, who satisfies the statutory requirements for
membership on the FirstNet Board.\10\
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\10\ Incumbent Board members whose terms expire in August 2016,
and who wish to be considered for reappointment, do not need to
submit an expression of interest in response to this Notice.
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All parties wishing to be considered should submit their full name,
address, telephone number, email address, a current resume, and a
statement of qualifications that references how the candidate satisfies
the Act's expertise, representational, and geographic requirements for
FirstNet Board membership, as described in this Notice, along with a
statement describing why they want to serve on the FirstNet Board and
affirming their ability and availability to take a regular and active
role in the Board's work.
The Secretary of Commerce will select FirstNet Board candidates
based on the eligibility requirements in the Act and recommendations
submitted by NTIA, in consultation with the FirstNet Board's Governance
and Personnel Committee. NTIA will recommend candidates based on an
assessment of their qualifications as well as their demonstrated
ability to work in a collaborative way to achieve the goals and
objectives of FirstNet as set forth in the Act. Board candidates will
be vetted through the Department of Commerce and are subject to an
appropriate background check for security clearance.
Dated: April 11, 2016.
Lawrence E. Strickling,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information.
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