Nancy Carlsen Chair NRIC VII Steering Committee Nextel

Nancy Carlsen Chair, NRIC VII Steering Committee Nextel Vice President – Engineering & Operations Office: (703) 264 -4916 Fax: (703) 264 -4931 Mobile: (703) 906 -3488 Email: nancy. carlsen@nextel. com 12000 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20191 3 -22 -02 1

Steering Committee • Steering Committee comprised of 9 Focus Groups • Focus Groups will present deliverables to the Council for approval at quarterly meetings • Council members are encouraged to support NRIC VII: – Company/organizations to provide representation and participation in the Focus Groups – Attendance at the quarterly Council meetings 3 -22 -02 2

Focus Group Structure Focus Group 1 Enhanced 911 A. Near Term Issues B. Long Term Issues C. Network Outages and Best Practices D. PSAP/First Responder Communications Focus Group 2 Homeland Security A. Infrastructure B. Cyber Security Focus Group 3 Network Best Practices A. Wireless B. Public Data Focus Group 4 Broadband 3 -22 -02 3

E 911 Near Term Issues Focus Group 1: Enhanced 911 A. Near Term Issues Chair: Darold Whitmer Intrado Mission: Identify and recommend requirements regarding Accuracy Testing, consistent Phase I / II data display & common timing thresholds. Identify all major traffic concentration points in E 911 architectures and specify the information that is to be sent to callers when major E 911 network elements fail. Deliverables: December, 2004 April, 2005 December, 2005 3 -22 -02 4

E 911 Long Term Issues Focus Group 1: Enhanced 911 B. Long Term Issues Chair: Jim Nixon T-Mobile Mission: Present a report recommending specific architecture properties that emergency communications networks are to provide by the year 2010 along with a generic network architecture that meets those properties. Deliverables: September, 2004 April, 2005 June, 2005 September, 2005 December, 2005 3 -22 -02 5

E 911 Outages and Best Practices Focus Group 1: Enhanced 911 C. Outages and Best Practices Co-Chair: Nancy Pollock Metropolitan Minneapolis, MN Co-Chair: Robert Oenning State of Washington Mission: Analyze all outages related to E 911, determine which Best Practices most clearly apply to E 911 outages & present recommendations on ways to reduce E 911 outages. Deliverables: September, 2004 April, 2005 June, 2005 December, 2005 3 -22 -02 6

PSAP/First Responder Communications Focus Group 1: Enhanced 911 D. PSAP / First Responder Communications Chair: Rox. Ann Brown Metropolitan Government of Nashville Mission: Present a report defining the long term network requirements for transmitting emergency services information to emergency services personnel that is beyond the scope of E 911 networks. Define the long term communication networks that shall be needed to transmit information from E 911 calls to the Department of Homeland Security. Deliverables: December, 2004 September, 2005 December, 2005 3 -22 -02 7

Homeland Security - Infrastructure Focus Group 2: Homeland Security A. Infrastructure Chair: P. J. Aduskevicz AT&T Mission: Present a final report that describes, in detail, any additions, deletions, or modifications that should be made to the Homeland Security Best Practices that were adopted by the preceding Council. Deliverables: December, 2004 June, 2005 December, 2005 3 -22 -02 8

Homeland Security – Cyber Security Focus Group 2: Homeland Security B. Cyber Security Chair: Dr. Bill Hancock Savvis Mission: Present a final report that describes, in detail, any additions, deletions, or modifications that should be made to the Homeland Security Best Practices that were adopted by the preceding Council. Deliverables: December, 2004 June, 2005 December, 2005 3 -22 -02 9

Network Best Practices - Wireless Focus Group 3: Network Best Practices A. Wireless Networks Chair: Karl Rauscher Lucent Mission: Evaluate the efficacy of all Best Practices that have been developed for the wireless industry. Perform a gap analysis and refine or modify, as appropriate, Best Practices developed by previous Councils Deliverables: December, 2004 April, 2005 September, 2005 3 -22 -02 10

Network Best Practices – Public Data Focus Group 3: Network Best Practices B. Public Data Networks Chair: David Frigeri Internap Mission: Evaluate the efficacy of all Best Practices that have been developed for the public data network providers. Perform a gap analysis and refine or modify, as appropriate, Best Practices developed by previous Councils. Deliverables: December, 2004 April, 2005 September, 2005 3 -22 -02 11

Broadband Focus Group 4: Broadband Chair: Mary Retka Qwest Mission: Present recommendations to increase the deployment of high-speed residential Internet access service including Best Practices and service features that are, and will be, technology-neutral. Deliverables: December, 2004 June, 2005 December, 2005 3 -22 -02 12

NRIC HOME PAGE can be found at the following url http: //www. nric. org/ 3 -22 -02 13

Meetings 2004 QUARTERLY MEETING DATES Tuesday, June 22, 10 - 1 Thursday, September 23, 10 - 1 Monday, December 6, 10 - 1 3 -22 -02 14

Next Steps • Place representatives on the Focus Groups • Provide internal support to your representatives • Convey to your representatives that attendance at Focus Group meetings is a priority! • Review the work of the Steering Committee • Attend Council meetings 3 -22 -02 15