The National Governor's Association (NGA) and the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) sponsored a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator meeting this week in Boston, MA. I was impressed with the format of the conference. There were good presentations -particularly the ones that were followed by roundtable discussions or break-out sessions which allowed us to interact with our counterparts in other states.
It was interesting to see how other states address their interoperability issues. Through discussions with other states, I realized that although many states are dealing with the same problems we are, some of them have found solutions. I was taking careful notes so we can discuss these items within our state.
With relatively limited funding, I think the OEC is smart to invest funding in bringing interoperability coordinators together for these kinds of conferences -as well as the FEMA Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Groups (RECCWG). As most states are drastically cutting their travel budgets in the current financial crunch, the ability to meet face-to-face and discuss interoperability issues will have relatively high ROI.
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Thanks for the kind words Doug...your feedback on the conference is a vote of confidence in the work we do on behalf of the governors and the states to build out interoperable communications---
David Henry, National Governors Association.
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