NLECTC Communications Technologies Center of Excellence

Announces a March 30th Webinar on the 800 MHz Transition for Public Safety

The NLECTC Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (CoE) will host a webinar on the 800 MHz transition affecting many public safety agencies on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. EDT. CoE Program Manager Ed Vea will be joined by Center Director Rick Mulvihill, 800 MHz Transition Administrator David Buchanan and Robert Rhoads from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Emergency Communications to present information on the state of the transition to the reconfigured 800 MHz band. Learn the facts about re-banding, how it may affect your agency and receive an update on the progress of re-banding the public safety 800 MHz band. Join the CoE to learn about important topics that affect the way public safety communicates.

The NLECTC Communications Technologies CoE hosts a series of webinars, occurring approximately every eight weeks. You can register for the 800 MHz transition webinar by clicking this link:

www.livemeeting.com/lrs/8001859620/Registration.aspx?PageName=cdvrvgnsrb25qghz

About the Communications Technologies Center of Excellence

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice (NIJ) established the NLECTC Communications Technologies CoE in October 2007 to serve as a specialized technology resource for the 19,000-plus state, local and tribal law enforcement and corrections agencies across the U.S. To learn more about the CoE, go to www.commtechcoe.org.

This project is supported by Award No. 2007-IJ-CX-K013 and supplements one and two awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions and/or recommendations expressed in this webinar are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.