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** REVISION ** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING |
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COMMITTEE: Technology TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Tuesday, February 21, 2012 PLACE: E2.028
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The committee will meet to hear invited testimony on the following interim charges:
*Interim Charge #2 Examine the benefits and financial costs associated with modernizing 911 call centers with the newest technology to connect dispatchers with callers using mobile means of communication in the fastest and most accurate manner possible during a time of emergency.
*Interim Charge #3 Study the impact of federal broadband expansion programs on rural areas.
Invited Testimony:
Interim Charge #2
Kelli Merriweather, Executive Director Bob Obuch, Director of Emergency Communications Commission on State Emergency Communications
Bill Buccholtz, CSEC Presiding Officer, Commission on State Emergency Communications; Executive Director of Bexar Metro 9-1-1; President of the Texas 9-1-1 Alliance
Betty Voights, Executive Director of the Capitol Area Council of Governments; Chair of the Emergency Communications Committee of the Texas Association of Regional Councils
Todd Early, Deputy Assistant Director Skylor D. Hearn, Assistant Director, Law Enforcement Support Texas Department of Public Safety Communications Bureau
Interim Charge #3
Pam Whittington, Director of Competitive Markets Division Marshall Adair, Senior Analyst, Competitive Markets Division Dr. Mark Bryant, Market Economist, Competitive Markets Division John Paul Urban, Director of Government Relations Texas Public Utility Commission
Peggy D. Rudd, Director and Librarian Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Don Shirley, Executive Director Connected Texas
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** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule ** |