VERMONT COMMUNICATIONS VCOMM http:www.dps.state.vt.usneed

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VERMONT COMMUNICATIONS (VCOMM)
http//www.dps.state.vt.us/need/

• Bestwestern Motel
• Waterbury, VT
• December 8th, 2005

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• AGENDA
• 1000 Introduce committee members (Lt. Jim
  Colgan)
• Welcoming remarks
• 1015 Update on VCOMM activities
• Outreach meetings
• 1100 Terry LaValley
• Updated PowerPoint for the future outreach
  meetings
• Dave Serra (Institutional Committee)
• Briefing on future standing of VCOMM and the
  committees
• 1200 Lunch (lunch will be held in the dining
  room)
• 1245 Macro Corporation updates - discussion on
  remaining
• deliverables
• Terry LaValley
• Neil Fulton
• 1300 Committee reports
• Current status
• Technical
• Institutional

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Outreach Meetings To Date

• November 7th
• Cargo Container briefing (USAs Office
  Burlington)
• November 8th
• Cross Border overview (Swanton Meeting)
• November 17th
• Career Firefighters Association
• Chiefs of Police E Board
• Sheriffs Association E Board
• November 18th
• State Homeland Security Strategy Planning Meeting
• December 7th
• Law Enforcement Advisory Board
• Northeast EMS Services

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Request for immediate assistance

• Memo is currently being drafted
• Frequency Coordinator
• Funding for upgrading the Northeast Kingdom
• Equipment for radio shop
• Future Project Coordinator

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Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance
Program(ICTAP)

• Dan Hawkins
• Coordinator for the Vermont Project
• Ben Krauss
• Vermont Point Of Contact

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ICTAP Process

• Kick Off Meeting in Vermont
• Inventory of Vermont Assets
• 2 Day workshop to prepare interoperability plan
  for the designated Urban Area

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• Cost Prohibitive

RFI
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Framework
60 Million
Affordable Solution
Over Budget
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Financial Deadlines

• Homeland Security
• March 2th
• Program and Capabilities Assessment Allocation.
• A competitive process to fund identifiable
  critical needs or enhancements of projects that
  we might not normally receive funding for.
• No closing date at this time
• VCOMM will be asked to author the documentation

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LIST OF POSSIBLE VENDORS

• Federal Wireless
• L3 Communications
• CSC Federal Sector
• Motorola, Inc.
• M/A-COM, Inc.
• General Dynamics Wireless Services
• EF Johnson
• Lockheed Martin

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Additional Funding Sources

• Senator Leahys Office
• State of Vermont
• Private Industry
• Unspent HS funds

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QUESTIONS

• Comments
• Concerns
• Suggestions