[EAS] BLU Alert Comments.

[Ed Czarnecki]

Ah - which might also explain Motorola's exhuberant support for the BLU
code.  They don't have a play in EAS, but have a very large dog in the hunt
regarding FirstNet ...

On Wed, 2 Aug 2017, Sean Donelan wrote:

The President of FirstNet is on the DOJ Blue Alert Advisory Group.

https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/blue-alert/2017_report.pdf
2017 Report to Congress

[...]
The COPS Office continues to work with FirstNet, an independent authority
within the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and
Information Administration.  FirstNet's mission is to build, operate, and
maintain the first high-speed nationwide wireless broadband network for
interoperable public safety communications.

The Attorney General is statutorily designated as a member of the FirstNet
Board.  In 2013, then Attorney General Eric H. Holder, consistent with
FirstNet bylaws, delegated his responsibilities to the COPS Office Director
during the inaugural years of the Board.  Currently, the Executive Assistant
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
(FBI) Science and Technology Branch serves as the Attorney General's
designee on the Board.

In light of the similar equities between FirstNet and the Blue Alert Act,
the COPS Office consulted with the President of FirstNet, whose expertise
has been valuable in the development of the COPS Office's national Blue
Alert Act strategy.  The FirstNet President currently serves on the Blue
Alert Act Advisory Group.  The COPS Office anticipates that FirstNet, once
fully operational, will be able to streamline communications
interoperability for states, thus facilitating nationwide Blue Alert
coordination.
[...]