Notice2025-07599
Recruitment of First Responder Network Authority Board Members
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Published
May 1, 2025
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Commerce Department
Abstract
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issues this Notice to initiate the annual process of seeking expressions of interest from individuals who would like to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority ("FirstNet Authority Board" or the "Board"). The term for one of the twelve non-permanent members of the FirstNet Authority Board will be available for appointment or reappointment in 2025. Additionally, one of the 12 non- permanent members to the FirstNet Authority Board resigned prior to the end of her term. The Secretary of Commerce will appoint an individual to complete that Board member's three-year term through September 2027. This Notice will apply for any other vacancies that may occur in 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 83 (Thursday, May 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18647-18648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07599]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Recruitment of First Responder Network Authority Board Members
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) issues this Notice to initiate the annual process of seeking
expressions of interest from individuals who would like to serve on the
Board of the First Responder Network Authority (``FirstNet Authority
Board'' or the ``Board''). The term for one of the twelve non-permanent
members of the FirstNet Authority Board will be available for
appointment or reappointment in 2025. Additionally, one of the 12 non-
permanent members to the FirstNet Authority Board resigned prior to the
end of her term. The Secretary of Commerce will appoint an individual
to complete that Board member's three-year term through September 2027.
This Notice will apply for any other vacancies that may occur in 2025.
DATES: To be considered for the calendar year 2025 appointments,
expressions of interest must be electronically transmitted on or before
June 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Applicants should submit expressions of interest as
described below to Michael Dame, Associate Administrator, Office of
Public Safety Communications, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2f4dbc0c1c6fcd7c6f0ddd3c0d6f3c2c2dedbd1d3dcc6f2dcc6dbd39cd6ddd19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a2c0318191e240f1e28050b180e2b1a1a0603090b041e2a041e030b440e0509440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Dame, Associate Administrator,
Office of Public Safety Communications, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration; telephone: (202) 482-1181; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48980858981a48a908d85ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="650801040800250b110c044b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>. Please direct media inquiries to NTIA's Office of
Public Affairs at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#750507100606351b011c145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e4e6f1e7e7d4fae0fdf5baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Authority
The Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act)
created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) as
an independent authority within NTIA. The Act charged the FirstNet
Authority with ensuring the building, deployment, and operation of a
nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network based on a
single, national network architecture.\1\ The FirstNet Authority holds
the single nationwide public safety license granted for wireless public
safety broadband deployment. The FirstNet Authority Board is
responsible for providing overall policy direction and oversight of the
FirstNet Authority to ensure that the nationwide network continuously
meets public safety needs.
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\1\ 47 U.S.C. 1422(b).
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II. Structure
The FirstNet Authority Board is composed of 15 voting members. The
Act names the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General of
the United States, and the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget as permanent members. The Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
appoints 12 non-permanent members.\2\
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\2\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(b).
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The Act requires each Board member to have experience or expertise
in at least one of the following substantive areas: public safety,
network, technical, and/or financial.\3\ Additionally, the composition
of the FirstNet Authority Board must satisfy the other
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requirements specified in the Act, including that: (i) at least three
members have served as public safety professionals; (ii) at least three
members represent the collective interests of states, localities,
tribes, and territories; and (iii) its members reflect geographic and
regional, as well as rural and urban, representation.\4\ An individual
Board member may satisfy more than one of these requirements. The
current non-permanent FirstNet Authority Board members are (noting
expiration of term):
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\3\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(2)(B).
\4\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(b)(2)(A).
<bullet> Vacant, formerly filled by Keisha Lance Bottoms, resigned
(Term expires: September 2027)
<bullet> Vice Chair Renee Gordon, Director, Department of Emergency and
Customer Communications, Alexandria, VA (Term expires: September 2025)
<bullet> Michael Adkinson Jr., Sheriff, Walton County, FL (Term
expires: September 2027)
<bullet> Damon Darsey, Medical Director, Mississippi Department of
Public Safety [verbar] CEO, Paladin Emergency Services Consulting (Term
expires: September 2027)
<bullet> Eric Gaull, Emergency Manager, First Responder, Technology
Consultant (Term expires: September 2027)
<bullet> Sean McDevitt, Partner, Arthur D. Little (Term expires:
September 2027)
<bullet> Warren Mickens, Retired Technology Executive (Term expires:
September 2027)
<bullet> Jocelyn Moore, Board Member for Omaze, OppFi, and DraftKings
(Term expires: September 2027)
<bullet> Alexandra Fernandez Navarro, Former Associate Member, Puerto
Rico Public Service Regulatory Board (Term expires: September 2027)
<bullet> Jeffrey Norman, Chief of Police, Milwaukee, WI (Term expires:
September 2027)
<bullet> Rasheid Scarlett, CEO, NetAesthetics (Term expires: September
2027)
<bullet> Trisha Wolford, Fire Chief, Anne Arundel County Fire
Department, MD (Term expires: September 2027)
Any Board member whose term has expired may serve until such
member's successor has taken office, or until the end of the calendar
year when such member's term has expired, whichever is earlier.\5\
Board members will be appointed for a term of three years. They may not
serve more than two consecutive full three-year terms.\6\ More
information about the FirstNet Authority Board is available at
<a href="http://www.firstnet.gov/about/Board">www.firstnet.gov/about/Board</a>. Since one appointment in 2025 will be
filling a mid-term vacancy, that newly appointed member will complete
the existing term as a board member until September 2027.
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\5\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(c)(2)(B).
\6\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(c)(2)(A)(ii).
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III. Compensation and Status as Government Employees
FirstNet Authority Board members are appointed as government
employees. FirstNet Authority Board members are compensated at the
daily rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule
(approximately $195,200 per year) for each day worked ($748.24 per day)
on the FirstNet Authority Board.\7\ Board members work intermittent
schedules and may not work more than 130 days per year during their
term. Each Board member must be a United States citizen, cannot be a
registered lobbyist, and cannot be a registered agent of, employed by,
or receive payments from, a foreign government.\8\
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\7\ 47 U.S.C. 1424(g).
\8\ See Revised Guidance on Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal
Advisory Committees, Boards, and Commissions, Office of Management
and Budget, 79 FR 47482 (Aug. 13, 2014).
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IV. Financial Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
FirstNet Authority Board members must comply with certain federal
conflict of interest statutes and ethics regulations, including some
financial disclosure requirements. A FirstNet Authority Board member
will generally be prohibited from participating in any FirstNet
Authority matter that will have a direct and predictable effect on his
or her personal financial interests or on the interests of the
appointee's spouse, minor children, or non-federal employer.
V. Selection Process
At the direction of the Secretary, NTIA will conduct outreach to
the public safety community, state and local organizations, and
industry to solicit nominations for candidates to the Board who satisfy
the statutory requirements for membership. In addition, through NTIA,
the Secretary will accept expressions of interest from any individual
or organization proposing a candidate who satisfies the statutory
requirements for membership on the FirstNet Authority Board. To be
considered for a calendar year 2025 appointment, expressions of
interest must be electronically transmitted on or before June 2, 2025.
All parties submitting an expression of interest should submit the
candidate's: (i) full name, title, organization, address, telephone
number, and email address; (ii) current resume; (iii) brief biography;
(iv) statement of qualifications that references how the candidate
satisfies the Act's expertise, representational, and geographic
requirements for FirstNet Authority Board membership, as described in
this Notice; and (v) a statement describing why the candidate wants to
serve on the FirstNet Authority Board, affirming their ability and
availability to take a regular and active role in the Board's work.
The Secretary will select FirstNet Authority Board candidates based
on the Act's eligibility requirements and NTIA's recommendations. NTIA
will recommend candidates based on an assessment of qualifications and
demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to achieve the goals and
objectives of the FirstNet Authority as set forth in the Act. NTIA may
consult with FirstNet Authority Board members or executives to make its
recommendation. Board candidates will be vetted through the Department
of Commerce and are subject to an appropriate background check for
security clearance.
Dated: April 28, 2025.
David Brodian,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-07599 Filed 4-30-25; 8:45 am]
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