Public Safety Spectrum

The Federal Communications Commission regulates the licensing and use of radio transmitters by state and local government and non-governmental entities engaged in public safety activities.

1/18/2012
Public Safety And Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment On Region 25 (Montana) 700 MHz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
1/18/2012
Public Safety And Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 39 (Tennessee) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees To Hold 700 MHz And 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
6/24/2011
PSHSB Announces Region 28 (Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, And Southern New Jersey Area) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees To Hold 700 Mhz And 800 Mhz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
6/21/2011
Dallas County Schools, Texas.
Order: Word | Acrobat
6/21/2011
Township of Cinnaminson, New Jersey.
Order: Word | Acrobat
6/21/2011
Town of Ashland, Massachusetts.
Order: Word | Acrobat
6/21/2011
City of Bayonne, New Jersey.
Order: Word | Acrobat
6/20/2011
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
6/17/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Approves Long Term De Facto Transfer Spectrum Lease Agreement Filed by The State of Texas to Establish a 700 MHz Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband Network.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
6/15/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Petition for Declaratory Ruling Asking to Clarify Language in Order Granting 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Waiver to the State of Texas.
Order: Word | Acrobat
6/14/2011
City of Mesa, Arizona, Police Department.
Order: Word | Acrobat
6/9/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 55 (New York - Buffalo) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees To Hold 700 Mhz Regional Public Safety Planning and 800 Mhz NPSPAC Regional Public Safety Planning Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
6/9/2011
Public Safety And Homeland Security Bureau Announces That First Ever Nationwide Diagnostic Test Of The Emergency Alert System Will Occur On November 9, 2011 At 2 PM EST.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
6/6/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 53 (Texas-San Antonio) 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee Initial Meeting.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
5/31/2011
State of Florida, Department of Management Services, Division of Telecommunications.
Order: Word | Acrobat
5/26/2011
Review of the Emergency Alert System.
FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
5/25/2011
Broward County, Florida and Sprint Nextel Corp.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
5/20/2011
Federal Communications Commission Announces Agenda for Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting Scheduled for May 24, 2011, At FCC Headquarters.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
5/13/2011
The Proposed Extension of Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Regarding Outage Reporting to Intercommected Voice Over Internet Protocol Service Providers and Broadband Internet Service Providers.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Genachowski Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Clyburn Statement: Word | Acrobat
5/12/2011
Requests for Waiver of Various Petitioners to Allow the Establishment of 700 MHz Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband Networks.
Order: Word | Acrobat
5/11/2011
Request for Extension of Time to Construct Public Safety Trunked Station WQDR764, City of Summit, New Jersey; Petition for Reconsideration; and Request to Stay.
Order: Word | Acrobat
5/6/2011
Thales Communications, Inc., Request for Waiver of Commission Rules to Permit Temporary Extension of Equipment Authorization to Include the 775-776/805-806 MHz Bands and Related Relief.
Letter: Word | Acrobat
5/4/2011
County of Marin, California.
Order: Word | Acrobat
5/4/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces the Opening of a Filing Window for Additional Locations Relinquished by Sprint Nextel Corporation In The 809.5-815/854.5-860 MHZ Band Segment.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
5/2/2011
Garden City Park Fire District, New York.
Order: Word | Acrobat
4/27/2011
Federal Communications Commission Announces Updated Agenda for Forum on Earthquake Communications Preparedness.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/26/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 28 (Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey Area) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/26/2011
City of Overland Park, Kansas and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
4/21/2011
FCC Announces Meeting of the Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee Scheduled for May 24, 2011, at FCC Headquarters.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/19/2011
Federal Communications Commission Announces Forum On Earthquake Communications Preparedness.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/19/2011
FCC Extends Deadline for Membership Nominations Until May 13, 2011 for Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/14/2011
Reorganization of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
Order: Word | Acrobat
4/11/2011
City of Charlotte, North Carolina Request for Declaratory Ruling: Clarification of Public Safety Services For Purposes of Eligibility to Operate on 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Spectrum.
Order: Word | Acrobat
4/8/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 42 (Virginia) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Regional Public Safety Planning Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/8/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment On Region 15 (Iowa) 700 MHz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/8/2011
Guidance For Submission of Requests for Waiver of the April 14, 2011 Deadline for Completion of 800 MHz Rebanding in Regions Along the U.S.-Canada Border.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/7/2011
Reliability and Continuity of Communications Networks, Including Broadband Technologies.
NOI: Word | Acrobat
4/7/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 10 (Georgia) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees To Hold 700 MHz And 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/7/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 7 (Colorado) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees' 2011 Schedule For 700 Mhz And 800 Mhz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/7/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 3 (Arizona) Public Safety Regional Planning Committess To Hold 700 Mhz And 800 Mhz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/7/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 Mhz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/6/2011
New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Order on Reconsideration: Word | Acrobat
4/5/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 55 (New York - Buffalo) Public Safety Regional Planning Committee Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/4/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment On Region 31 (North Carolina) 700 Mhz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/4/2011
State of Indiana and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
4/4/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 24 (Missouri) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 Mhz Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/4/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 1 (Alabama) 700 Mhz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee to Hold Meeting.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/1/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 30 (New York - Albany) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 Mhz Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
4/1/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Extends 800 MHz Rebanding Negotiation Period for WAVE 4 Border Area NPSPAC and Non-NPSPAC Licensees Along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
3/31/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Extends 800 MHz Rebanding Negotiation Period for WAVE 4 Border Area NPSPAC and Non-NPSPAC Licensees Along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
3/31/2011
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
3/22/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Petition for Declaratory Ruling Asking to Clarify the Scope of Section 337 Regarding Use By State or Local Government Entities of the 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Spectrum.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
3/11/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 51 (Texas-Houston) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 Mhz NPSPAC Planning Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
3/11/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 21 (Michigan) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 Mhz NPSPAC Regional Planning Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
3/11/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 35 (Oregon) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 Mhz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
3/10/2011
State of Indiana and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
Order: Word | Acrobat
3/1/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 28 (Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey Area) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
3/1/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Approves Region 5 (Southern California) 700 MHz Regional Plan Amendment.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
2/24/2011
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
2/22/2011
City of Suffolk, Virginia and Nextel Communications, Inc.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
2/18/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces that the 12-Month Transition Period for 800 MHz Band Reconfiguration in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Region 48) Will Commence on March 21, 2011.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
2/18/2011
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band/new 800 MHz Band Plan for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
4th R&O: Word | Acrobat
2/17/2011
Federal Communications Commission Announces Agenda for Workshop on the 4.9 GHz Band: Spectrum Dedicated to Public Safety for Broadband Use.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
2/14/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Approves Region 37 (South Carolina) 700 MHz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
2/11/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Continued Use of the Former 800 MHz NPSPAC Mutual Aid Channels In the Canada/United States Border Areas.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
2/9/2011
County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Order: Word | Acrobat
2/8/2011
TeleBEEPER of New Mexico, Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
2/8/2011
State of Michigan.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
2/7/2011
Town of Wethersfield, Connecticut and Nextel Communications, Inc.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
2/7/2011
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Board and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
2/7/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Approves Region 49 (Texas-Austin) 700 MHz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
2/7/2011
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band/New 800 MHz Band Plan for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
2/4/2011
Federal Communications Commission Announces Workshop on the 4.9 GHz Band: Spectrum Dedicated to Public Safety for Broadband Use.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
2/3/2011
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
2/2/2011
County of Hinds, Mississippi and Sprint Nextel.
MO&OR: Word | Acrobat
2/2/2011
State of Indiana and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
1/26/2011
FCC Takes Action to Advance Nationwide Broadband Communications for America's First Responders.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order & FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
Genachowski Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Clyburn Statement: Word | Acrobat
Baker Statement: Word | Acrobat
1/14/2011
Federal Communications Commission Releases Agenda for January 26, 2011 Workshop on VHF/UHF Narrowbanding Deadline.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
1/12/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Approves Region 23 (Mississippi) 700 MHz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
1/11/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Approves Region 25 (Montana) NPSPAC Regional Planning Committee Streamlined Amendment to Reflect Band Reconfiguration in the 806-809/851-854 MHz Band.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
1/11/2011
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 19 (New England) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee Meeting Schedule for 2011.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/30/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Extends 800 MHz Rebanding Negotiation Period for Wave 4 Border Area NPSPAC and non-NPSPAC Licensees along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/30/2010
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
12/30/2010
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
12/29/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Region 5 (Southern California) 700 MHz Regional Plan Amendment.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/15/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 45 (Wisconsin) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/15/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 28 (Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey Area) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/13/2010
Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
12/10/2010
Public Safety And Homeland Security Bureau Approves Region 4 (Arkansas) 700 MHz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/08/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Region 37 (South Carolina) 700 MHz Regional Plan.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/06/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 30 (New York - Albany) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/03/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 39 (Tennessee) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/01/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Petitions for Waiver to Deploy 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Networks.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/23/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 13 (Illinois) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Reschedule 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Regional Planning Committee Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/22/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 3 (Arizona) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz Regional Public Safety Planning and 800 MHz NPSPAC Arizona Regional Review Committee Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/22/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 8 (New York - Metropolitan Area) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Regional Planning Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/9/2010
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
11/5/2010
Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
11/4/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 35 (Oregon) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/4/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 17 (Kentucky) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee to Hold Meeting.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/4/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 24 (Missouri) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/1/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 28 (Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware Area) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
10/27/2010
Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band.
Order: Word | Acrobat
10/6/2010
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 MHz and 800 MHz Meetings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

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