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NG9-1-1 Initiative Action Team

Conference Call #2

Aug 2, 2011

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Agenda for Today’s Call1. Welcome and roll call2. Review of action items from last call (July 12th)3. Overview of New River Valley NG9-1-1 pilot4. Overview of Southwest NG9-1-1 pilot5. Present and discuss Legislative Environment

SWOT Analysis6. Updates to IAT Charter7. Identify tasks and action items for upcoming

weeks and next call8. Adjourn

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Initial Items• Roll call of IAT participants and ISP staff• Review of action items from last call:

– Updates on two of the existing NG9-1-1 pilots on today’s call

– Work Group assignments complete– Legislative Environment SWOT completed– Updates to ISP website for NG9-1-1 have been competed

• Still need to work on resource material– Have completed a high-level briefing for VITA and state

leadership to replace governance and technical framework white papers

• Have started working on funding model, but will need insight of participants from funding work group to be able to complete project

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New River Valley NG 9-1-1 Pilot• Regional Initiative that involves three localities:

– Towns of Blacksburg– Town of Christiansburg– Montgomery County

• These localities have agreed in concept to consolidate with VA Tech (other localities may join)

• Interoperability Governance:– Authority created to provide a unified approach across multiple jurisdictions

and disciplines:• Vision of Authority will provide a well-managed interoperability infrastructure that

reflects national standards and the needs of the localities • Mission of the Authority is to provide 9-1-1 dispatch and emergency communications

services to people of the New River Valley Region.

• Shared CPE • CAD/RMS consolidation

– Deploy a regional broadband IP network that can support CAD/RMS, 9-1-1 and other public safety communications

• Radio Analysiswww.vita.virginia.gov

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Southwest Virginia NG9-1-1 Pilot• Regional initiative that involves four localities in far

Southwest Virginia:– Dickenson County– Lee County– Wise County– City of Norton

• Shared CPE and CAD solution (Side A and B) with Point to Point T1s for connectivity

• This solution was developed by the localities and presented to VITA for support and funding:– Lee County does not yet have Basic 9-1-1– Limited options for connectivity– Recurring costs were a local constraint in evaluating options

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Southwest Virginia NG9-1-1 Pilot

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Legislative Analysis SWOT• Participants on Legislative Environment work group:

– Jim Davis– Athena Plummer– Dorothy Spears-Dean

• The analysis is by no means complete or final and it only represents the viewpoints of three individuals– Additions– Deletions– Other modifications

• List of priorities was not included• Suggestion made by a work group member to develop

priorities as part of today’s call• Work group members agreed that priorities should be

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Updates to Charter• Member of IAT suggested that the Charter

should include a section for expected outcomes to answer, at a minimum, the following questions:– What are the anticipated end results?– What will the information that is generated

through this IAT be used for? • Suggest that an additional group be added

to Major Stakeholders• Contend that Virginia citizens is a

stakeholder group that should be included www.vita.virginia.gov

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Tasks/Action Items• Continue working on funding model• Add resources to NG9-1-1 IAT web page• Deliverable for Aug 16th call:

– Presentation by Jim Davis on his NG9-1-1 efforts

– Report on Regulatory SWOT analysis• Provide summary of today’s meeting to IAT

members• Seminars and educational forums• Other tasks and action items