Ending 9-1-1 Fee Diversion Now Strike Force Advisory Committee Meeting
The Ending 9-1-1 Fee Diversion Now Strike Force (911 Strike Force) is dedicated to studying and making recommendations to address 911 fee diversion, a practice of some states and jurisdictions of using the 911 fees that consumers pay on their phone bills for non-911 purposes.
AGENDA
10:00 AM - Call to Order – John Evanoff, 911 Strike Force Designated Federal Officer (DFO) – Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
10:05 AM - Welcome by Lisa M. Fowlkes, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC
10:10 AM - Brief Remarks and Roll Call by Kelli Merriweather, Chair of the 911 Strike Force – Executive Director of the Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications, representing the National Association of State 911 Administrators (NASNA), as NASNA’s President
10:15 AM - Executive Summary of 911 Strike Force Recommendations by Steven Sharpe, EdD, Vice-Chair of the 911 Strike Force – Director of Genesee County, New York Emergency Communications, representing the New York State 911 Coordinators Association
10:25 AM - Presentation of Recommendations
- Working Group 1 – Effectiveness of Federal Laws in Ending 911 Fee Diversion
- Budge Currier, Chair – 911 Branch Manager, California Office of Emergency Services
- Daryl Branson, Vice-Chair – State 911 Program Manager, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
- Working Group 2 – Criminal Penalties to Further Prevent 911 Fee Diversion
- Richard Bradford, Chair – Special Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice
- Thaddeus Johnson, Vice-Chair – Assistant People’s Counsel at the Washington, DC Office of the People’s Counsel, representing the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA)
- Working Group 3 – Impacts of 911 Fee Diversion
- Karima Holmes, Chair – Senior Director, ShotSpotter, representing 911der Women, Inc.
- Dana Wahlberg, Vice-Chair – Director of the Department of Public Safety Emergency Communications Networks, Minnesota Department of Public Safety
- Conclusion by Kelli Merriweather, Chair of the 911 Strike Force
11:00 AM - Questions from the Public
11:15 AM - 911 Strike Force Discussion of Recommendations and Vote by 911 Strike Force Members
- Discussion and vote conducted by Kelli Merriweather, Chair of the 911 Strike Force
11:45 AM - Adjournment
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