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58 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION POC Patricia N. Yates (202) 324-2264 Fax # (202) 324-5722. Information is sought that will assist the government in the planning, design, test, development, and fielding of the National Law Enforcement/Public Safety ''Wireless'' Network as envisioned in Vice President Gore's National Performance Review (NPR). The following documents should be obtained prior to responding to the Request For Information (RFI) questions: 1) ''IT04: Establish a National Law Enforcement/Public Safety Network: in Accompanying Report of the National Performance Review Creating a Government That Works Better & Costs Less - Reengineering Through Information Technology, September 1993, 29-31; 2) ''Public Safety and the National information Infrastructure (NII) Support Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice'' (Draft) in The Information Infrastructure: Reaching Society's Goals, NIST Special Publication 868, September 1994, 143-155; 3) ''Report and Plan of the Federal Communications Commission'', 143-155; 3) ''Report and Plan of the Federal Communications Commision'', Meeting State and Local Government Public Safety Agency Spectrum Needs Through the Year 2010, Federal/Non-Federal sharing, February 1995, 39-40.--The Federal Law Enforcement Wireless Users Group (FLEWUG) was established on 4/20/94 and is tasked with planning the implementation of the National Law Enforcement/Public Safety ''wireless'' Network. The objectives of this RFI are to 1) obtain different ideas, approaches, techniques, or technoloies which might be used to implement the network; 2) inform industry of the concept of this network and to invite participation by soliciting ideas and/or opinions; and 3) raise other nontechnical issues concerning futre public saftey wireless networks. No reimbursement for responses to the RFI will be made by the government. FLEWUG is interested in comments from industry, academia and consumers concerning the development of a national public safety wireless communications network as proposed in the NPR. The NPR recommended the development of a National law Enforcement/Public Safety ''Wireless'' Network for use by federal, state, and local agencies. As envisioned, this network should provide an integrated wireless/wireline network that meets the functional requirements of the user community. The Network should incorporate spectrally efficient technologies, support interoperability, enhance the safety of law enforcement/public safety personnel, and be secure. Network planning and development: 1) should be sensitive to individual agency issues, such as, priorities and privacy; 2) should provide virtual autonomy and non-interfering operations; and 3) should include flexibility to expand and extend capabilities. FLEWUG has prepared a list of questions for review and comment. Interested individuals/companies should request a copy of the FLEWUG prepared questions by facsimile (202) 324-5722 no later than 6/02/95. (0117)

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