WASHINGTON – On Thursday, June 16th, Vice President Biden will deliver remarks to representatives from public safety, state and local officials, and private industry as well as issue a report detailing the Administration’s effort to develop and deploy a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network. To kickoff the event, Vice President Biden will be joined by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan; Attorney General Eric Holder; Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano; Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Governor Martin O’Malley. New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly will also participate. This event, hosted by the White House, is being held in coordination with the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, and Justice.
On February 10th, 2011, President Obama announced his support for a wireless broadband network to afford public safety agencies with greater levels of effectiveness and interoperability. For more information on this announcement, click HERE.
This event will be open press. Additional media details are below.
WHAT: Vice President Biden will deliver remarks and issue a report detailing the Administration’s effort to develop and deploy a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network
WHO: Vice President Joe Biden
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan
Attorney General Eric Holder
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski
Governor Martin O’Malley
New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly
WHEN: Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Camera pre-set: 9:30 AM, Brady Press Briefing Room
Camera pre-set: 9:30 AM, Brady Press Briefing Room
Press gather time: 10:00 AM, Brady Press Briefing Room
Vice President Biden remarks: 10:30 AM, open press
Panel discussions: 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM, open press
WHERE: Eisenhower Executive Office Building
South Court Auditorium
