Mr. Thompson,
One of the main areas of focus for the National 911 Program
(http://911.gov) is support for standards development in Next
Generation 911. Managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation's
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National
911 Program recognizes the importance of encouraging system
interoperability and emergency data sharing, through standards
development and adoption.
Currently, the National 911 Program is developing a document that
brings together and describes the major standards development efforts
underway that are most important to the 911/Next Generation 911
community. The purpose of this document is to act as a comprehensive
list of all relevant NG911 standards currently available, as a follow
up to a similar document created in 2011.
As part of our support to the National 911 Program, our team is
interviewing Next Generation 911 stakeholders, gathering information
on the status and progress of NG911 standards. As someone who is a
member of, or participates in, IEEE we would like to schedule a
conference call with you, to discuss IEEE's current efforts and future
plans with NG911 standards, with an emphasis on the following:
· Progress on existing NG911 standards
· Plans to develop additional NG911 standards
· Areas where additional work toward NG911 standards is needed
Please note that our efforts are part of open source research. We
recognize that you may not necessarily represent the official position
of the organization, or that you are speaking on behalf of the
organization. However, your insight and experience with the
organization and their current activities will help as we describe the
state of the NG911 standards community.
As you know, the successful implementation of NG911 will require the
development and adoption of many standards. This meeting, in addition
to the information gathered from other SDOs, will help to provide a
better understanding of the existing and planned standards across the
SDO community. The result of this work will be published on the
National 911 Program's website (http://911.gov).
If you could, please confirm your availability for one-hour during
this week (week of April 16^nd ) or next week (week of April 23^rd ),
we will schedule a time to meet via conference call, and I will
provide dial-in information. Please feel free to forward this
invitation to any additional members within IEEE whom you feel would
benefit or add to this discussion. We look forward to speaking with you.
Regards,
Brian
Brian Given
Senior Consultant
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Cell (703) 434-1252