APCO Government Relations Office

03/30/2020

We are glad to announce a free webinar featuring CDC experts who will provide information to help ECCs reduce risk and maintain operations. We’re also fortunate to have ECC Director Rob Smuts from San Francisco sharing his experience.

This Thursday April 2 at 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST.

Register here:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8997812030306766349

Please help spread the word.

Also, you can email any particular topics or questions you’d like to see CDC or Rob address using this email address: [email protected].

Thank you all for your service especially during these challenging times.

02/09/2020

In case you missed it - APCO International provides a Sample RFP Template for Next Generation 9-1-1 Capabilities. Very useful to anyone no matter what stage of deployment you’re in, or what level of government. Puts more power into the hands of 9-1-1 professionals. Stresses interoperability, innovation, and cyber security.

Next Generation 9-1-1 Sample RFP Template for NG9-1-1 Capabilities APCO has prepared the “Sample RFP Template for NG9-1-1 Capabilities” to assist 9-1-1 directors and authorities with their procurement activities, whether for a statewide or local effort. This document is a first of its kind from ...

01/22/2020

New blog! 2020 Legislative Priorities. Get up to speed on your pick of: Reclassification, NG9-1-1, T-Band, 9-1-1 fee diversion, 6 GHz microwave. Whether visiting your U.S. Representative/Senator in DC or locally - it's all there with talking points included.

By Jeff Cohen We just started a new year, but there are only a few months left to achieve a number of public safety legislative objectives before Congress enters into election mode.

01/17/2020

Very well deserved!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2020

Athens, Georgia – The Georgia House of Representatives passed House Resolution 885, which recognizes 911 and public safety telecommunicators as first responders in Georgia. The Resolution identifies the critical roles performed, the stressful situations experienced and specialized equipment utilized by emergency communications personnel - while stating “without 9-1-1 and public safety telecommunicators adequate public safety cannot be achieved.” This Resolution ensures future policy consideration regarding first responders will include 911 and public safety telecommunicators.

It is important to recognize and thank Representatives Gullett, Hitchens, Gravely, Momtahan, and Sainz, for sponsoring this Resolution and making Georgia one of the few states to take this important step! The work performed by the men and women in public safety emergency telecommunications is outstanding and the Resolution is a great display of respect to highlight the work performed 24/7/365.

APCO has been leading the efforts to right this wrong for the last 5 years. There are companion Bills in both the House and Senate of the U.S. Congress to help correct this unfair classification and recognize 9-1-1 professionals as First Responders.

The members of Georgia APCO greatly appreciate the efforts of our State elected officials. The Georgia APCO Board of Officers will continue to strongly push efforts on garnering support for the 911 SAVES Act.

TAKE ACTION NOW: We need your help by going to www.apcointl.org/government-relations/take-action/ and filling out a form to generate an email to your U.S. Senators and Representative, asking them to co-sponsor this common sense, zero-cost bill to reclassify Public Safety Telecommunicators as Protective Service Occupations.

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About Georgia APCO: Georgia APCO is a member driven association of communications professionals that provides leadership; influences public safety communications decisions of government and industry; promotes professional development; fosters the development and the use of technology for the benefit of the public; and, serves the Public Safety Communications Community of the State of Georgia.

08/13/2018

Very much deserved!

“ Meeting-> Resolution 92 recognizes Sue Swenson's dedication, "extraordinary expertise, experience, commitment and leadership as the Chair," her critical role in FirstNet, and her deep personal commitment to . ”

08/13/2018

The Government Relations Office is seeking to hire a Government Relations Associate with 0-2 years experience. This is a great opportunity in a highly congenial environment for anyone interested in public safety communications. Apply:

A new Government Relations Associate job is available in Alexandria, Virginia. Check it out on APCO International.

08/08/2018

We were glad to host your first attendance at our conference! Thanks for all of the work you and the Bureau do for public safety communications.

“Thanks for the opportunity to speak to your members yesterday about what the FCC is doing to promote 911 and other public safety communications issues. I enjoyed talking to APCO members about public safety issues of importance to them. It was a blast!”

08/07/2018

Informative article with excellent examples of life-saving work performed every day by 9-1-1 professionals: Cities in the U.S. are struggling to find 911 dispatchers as a tight labor market makes it harder to fill a job that was already a tough sell

Cities across the U.S. are struggling to find 911 dispatchers as a historically tight labor market makes it harder to fill a job that was already a tough sell.

08/07/2018

Congrats Bill!

“FirstNet’s 911 Senior Adviser Bill Hinkle was honored today at for his work with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Congratulations! 👏👏👏👏👏”

08/07/2018

We like to see examples of 9-1-1 technology disruptors:

“Carbyne’s game-changer: the c-Lite plugin, providing NG911 functionality to PSAP’s using legacy call-handling software, and adds Video Streaming, Accurate Location and Chat. No Integration. No App. No Risk. See our plugin live at , booth #655 https://t.co/8pUSDI9nOS”

08/07/2018

We like to see examples of 9-1-1 technology disruptors:

“We’re having a great time at . Make sure to stop by Booth #1741 for exclusive swag, fun giveaways, and, best of all, information about how your can decrease emergency response times and help shape the 911 industry.”

08/06/2018

We like to see examples of 9-1-1 technology disruptors: AT&T and form new relationship to provide 911 Emergency Communications Centers access to cloud-based Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) platform

The AT&T and RapidDeploy relationship enables AT&T to provide Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) access to RapidDeploy’s Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) platform.