Remarks of Chairman Pai's Public Safety Legal Advisor Zenji Nakazawa at IIT Real-Time Communications Conference

I want to share with you a snapshot of what the Federal Communications Commission under Chairman Ajit Pai’s leadership is doing to leverage technology to promote public safety. I hope you will leave here with an understanding of the policies that we are pursuing at the Commission. As important, I hope you will leave with an appreciation for Chairman Pai and the Commission’s commitment to improving public safety through communications technology. As the Chairman’s public safety and consumer protection advisor, I clearly have an interest in saying that public safety sits atop the Commission’s list of priorities. [But the law, the news, and Chairman Pai's travel schedule indicate] the Chairman has prioritized public safety, and we are doing everything we can to leverage technology to save lives as part of our public safety mission. Communications in times of crisis can be a matter of life-and-death importance. The FCC treats it as such.