Building Partnerships and a Dedicated Team, Driven by our Mission

Partnerships. Plans. People. These are the essential components for success in both public and private sector organizations. At the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), we realize this, and continue to focus on these key areas as part of our mission to ensure the deployment of a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network. Further, we have also established the following set of strategic goals for the organization that accents the importance of partnerships, plans, and people:

• Ensure the acquisition, building, deployment, and operation of a reliable, interoperable nation-wide Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadband network for public safety as required by the act.
• Explore and build strong partnerships with local, state, tribal and federal public safety agencies by leveraging consultation and communication opportunities.
• Establish an entrepreneurial culture of innovation by recruiting, hiring and retaining high performance employees motivated to accomplish FirstNet’s mission while meeting public safety’s needs.
• Utilize financial best practices and measures to ensure fiscal responsibility while accomplishing FirstNet’s mission.

[TJ Kennedy is the Acting Executive Director of FirstNet]