How does the NCC fit in?
• Five years later in 1999, the FCC sponsored the National Coordination Committee (NCC) to provide the Commission with similar recommendations concerning interoperability, technology, and implementation – this time, regarding the 24 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band reallocated by the FCC from broadcast television to public safety. As with the formation of PSWAC, the FCC realized the importance of directly involving local and state public safety leaders in developing these important decisions. When the NCC ended its work in July 2003 with a number of decisions still outstanding, NPSTC agreed to expand its original role to include NCC follow-on activities. “Beyond the many recommendations and reports developed by these two federal committees,” says Harlin McEwen NPSTC, Vice Chair, NPSTC, representing the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and other public safety associations, “their most important benefit to the public safety community was to provide a public stage f
