APCO Broadband Governance recommendations 08 21-13

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Broadband Committee

GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEE

CHAIR – ROBERT LEGRANDE, FOUNDER, THE DIGITAL DECISION, LLC

August 21, 2013


Governance Relationship Overview

FirstNet

Federal Public Safety Users

Tribal Public Safety Users

State Level Gov. Public Safety Primary Users

Private Party Secondary Users

County & Local Public Safety Primary Users

Federal Agencies

Tribal Gov. Entities

State Level Gov. Agencies

County & Local

Agencies

Public Private Entities

State FirstNet Program OfficesFED GOV ECPC


APCO BB Governance Recommendation Matrix

Functional Role CategoriesFirstNet

Governance Entity

Federal Agency Governance

Entity

State FN Program Ofc

State-level Governance

Entity

County-level Governance

Entity

Local-level Agency

Governance Entity

PPP Governance

Entity

Tribal Governance

Entity

Budget, Financial Oversight EPC / Core InfrastructureRAN ManagementManagement of QoS / Priority Services

Applications Network Operations & ManagementIdentity Management (DB, HSS, User Prov, etc)


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEEBudget and Financial Oversight Team

Robert LeGrande – Founder, The Digital Decision, LLC Brad Stoddard – Director, State of Michigan PSCS

Todd Early –Texas Statewide Interoperability Coordinator


Budget and Financial Oversight

Recommendations:

Fiscal Responsibility / Budget Management

a. FirstNet (FN): Overall Financial responsibility of Federal funds and spectrum, must provide transparent and auditable accounting / reporting system

b. State, Local, Tribal (SLT): Jurisdictions should develop Cost Benefit Analysis to and compare that to FNs plan.

Vendor Contract Management

c. FN: Responsible for Contract Authoring, Negotiation and Management, Risk Mitigation

d. SLT: Jurisdictions to develop process to manage vendors/services, and should include: Costs, Roles, Project Plans, etc.


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEEEPC / Core Infrastructure Team

Cynthia Wenzel Cole, CEO CynergyzeJoe Ross, Sr. Partner, Televate, LLC


EPC / Core Infrastructure

Recommendations:

• Requirements Phase – SFPO would serve as intermediary to coordinate and compile needs and from State and Local agencies around interconnectivity, core network services and network evolution which directly impact Agency User

• Build Phase – Using inputs gathered, SFPO should serve as representatives to ensure proposed and “as built” network meets requirements

• Operations Phase – SFPO would serve as “headquarters enterprise customer” to ensure network meets stated requirements, such as those captured by Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEERAN Management Team

Cynthia Wenzel Cole, CEO CynergyzeBrad Stoddard – Director, State of Michigan MPSCS


Radio Access NetworkRecommendations:1. Rural Coverage and Prioritization

a. FirstNet to provide clearinghouse for information sharing- Best Practices

b. Local, State, and Tribal entities to identify coverage requirements

c. Inclusion of Feds in coverage needs to ensure FirstNet identifies localized or regional needs for federal entities

2. Procurementa. FirstNet website with qualified vendors and contact/contract information

b. Flexible procurement options for expanded RAN development by States

c. Best practices promotion for procurement (regional or multi-state contracts)

3. Planning, Coordination, and Operations, Maintenancea. Coordination between FirstNet and State’s for RAN expansion

b. Managed coordination of outage schedules and notifications

c. Development of state central clearinghouse for RAN issues/needs


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEEPriority & QoS Management Team

Don Root - San Diego County Sheriff's Department Gino Scribano - Motorola Solutions


Priority & QoS GovernanceRecommendations:

1. Standardize the solution – reqmts, arch, interfaces,

local/national control for static & dynamic parameters

2. Establish nationwide framework – policies, configs,

guidelines, training

3. Establish operational governance – roadmaps, upgrades,

processes, feedback, local/national roles & data


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEEDevice / SIM Management Team

Karla Jurrens, Co-ChairMike Simpson, Co-Chair


Device & SIM ManagementRecommendations for device and SIM management for the

NPSBN.

1. Device Certification – certification and data security

2. Device Security – operational responsibilities and policies

3. SIM Procurement – policies and vendor authorization

4. SIM Management – division of administration functions


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEEApplications Management Team

Bill Schrier, Sr. Policy Advisor, OCIO, State of WashingtonRichard Mirgon

Charles Robinson, Sr. Consultant, The Digital Decision, LLC


Applications Management

Recommendations for governance and management of applications for the NPSBN.

1. We recommend single applications store, managed by FirstNet, with multiple “views”

2. We recommend a single set of specifications for the development of applications for use on FirstNet

3. We recommend a single central certification authority for FirstNet applications

4. Applications will be developed, and should be accepted from a variety of sources


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEENetwork Operations and Management Team

Mel A. Samples, Public Safety Practice Manager, AT&T

Vicki Helfrich, Executive Officer, Wireless Communications Commission, State of Mississippi


Network Operations & Management

Recommendations:1. Standardize and Coordinate

a. Operational Data

b. Performance Metrics and Analysis

c. User and network device names and addressing plans

2. Communicationa. Policies and procedures to minimize interpretation or re-formatting of

operational data shared across entities

b. Common or compatible system management platforms

3. System Management Policies and Proceduresa. Common Operating Picture

b. Accepted and agreed, cross-jurisdiction COOP and Disaster Recovery priorities

c. Agencies free to exceed requirements, provided compliance with standards


GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEEIdentity Management Team

Mike Barney - Texas Department of Public Safety Gino Scribano - Motorola Solutions


Identity Management Governance

Recommendations:

1. Standardize the solution – reqmts, arch, interfaces,

local/national control for credentials, attributes, federation

2. Establish nationwide framework – policies, configs,

guidelines, training. Trust relationships are essential.

3. Establish operational governance – roadmaps, upgrades,

processes, feedback, local/national roles & data


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