Nancy Carlsen Chair, NRIC VII Steering Committee Nextel Vice President – Engineering & Operations Office:(703) Fax:(703) Mobile:(703) Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20191

Steering Committee comprised of 9 Focus Groups Focus Groups will present deliverables to the Council for approval at quarterly meetings Council members are encouraged to support NRIC VII: –Company/organizations to provide representation and participation in the Focus Groups –Attendance at the quarterly Council meetings Steering Committee

Focus Group 1Enhanced 911 A.Near Term Issues B.Long Term Issues C.Network Outages and Best Practices D.PSAP/First Responder Communications Focus Group 2Homeland Security A. Infrastructure B. Cyber Security Focus Group 3Network Best Practices A.Wireless B. Public Data Focus Group 4Broadband Focus Group Structure

Focus Group 1:Enhanced 911 A.Near Term Issues Chair:Darold Whitmer Intrado Mission:Identify and recommend requirements regarding Accuracy Testing, consistent Phase I / II data display & common timing thresholds. Identify all major traffic concentration points in E911 architectures and specify the information that is to be sent to callers when major E911 network elements fail. Deliverables:December, 2004 April, 2005 December, 2005 E911 Near Term Issues

Focus Group 1:Enhanced 911 B.Long Term Issues Chair:Jim Nixon T-Mobile Mission:Present a report recommending specific architecture properties that emergency communications networks are to provide by the year 2010 along with a generic network architecture that meets those properties. Deliverables:September, 2004 April, 2005 June, 2005 September, 2005 December, 2005 E911 Long Term Issues

Focus Group 1:Enhanced 911 C.Outages and Best Practices Co-Chair:Nancy Pollock Metropolitan Minneapolis, MN Co-Chair:Robert Oenning State of Washington Mission:Analyze all outages related to E911, determine which Best Practices most clearly apply to E911 outages & present recommendations on ways to reduce E911 outages. Deliverables:September, 2004 April, 2005 June, 2005 December, 2005 E911 Outages and Best Practices

Focus Group 1:Enhanced 911 D.PSAP / First Responder Communications Chair:RoxAnn Brown Metropolitan Government of Nashville Mission:Present a report defining the long term network requirements for transmitting emergency services information to emergency services personnel that is beyond the scope of E911 networks. Define the long term communication networks that shall be needed to transmit information from E911 calls to the Department of Homeland Security. Deliverables:December, 2004 September, 2005 December, 2005 PSAP/First Responder Communications

Focus Group 2:Homeland Security A. Infrastructure Chair:P.J. Aduskevicz AT&T Mission:Present a final report that describes, in detail, any additions, deletions, or modifications that should be made to the Homeland Security Best Practices that were adopted by the preceding Council. Deliverables:December, 2004 June, 2005 December, 2005 Homeland Security - Infrastructure

Focus Group 2:Homeland Security B. Cyber Security Chair:Dr. Bill Hancock Savvis Mission:Present a final report that describes, in detail, any additions, deletions, or modifications that should be made to the Homeland Security Best Practices that were adopted by the preceding Council. Deliverables:December, 2004 June, 2005 December, 2005 Homeland Security – Cyber Security

Focus Group 3:Network Best Practices A.Wireless Networks Chair:Karl Rauscher Lucent Mission:Evaluate the efficacy of all Best Practices that have been developed for the wireless industry. Perform a gap analysis and refine or modify, as appropriate, Best Practices developed by previous Councils Deliverables:December, 2004 April, 2005 September, 2005 Network Best Practices - Wireless

Focus Group 3:Network Best Practices B.Public Data Networks Chair:David Frigeri Internap Mission:Evaluate the efficacy of all Best Practices that have been developed for the public data network providers. Perform a gap analysis and refine or modify, as appropriate, Best Practices developed by previous Councils. Deliverables:December, 2004 April, 2005 September, 2005 Network Best Practices – Public Data

Focus Group 4:Broadband Chair:Mary Retka Qwest Mission:Present recommendations to increase the deployment of high-speed residential Internet access service including Best Practices and service features that are, and will be, technology-neutral. Deliverables:December, 2004 June, 2005 December, 2005 Broadband

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2004 QUARTERLY MEETING DATES Tuesday, June 22, Thursday, September 23, Monday, December 6, Meetings

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