national interoperability information exchange

1National Interoperability Information eXchange – www.NIIX.org– [email protected] – 866.807.4755 National Public Safety Telecommunications Council - www.npstc.org

National Interoperability National Interoperability Information ExchangeInformation Exchange

Overview• The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council

(NPSTC) is a federation of 14 organizations whose mission is to improve public safety communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership (www.NSPTC.org)

• NSPTC provides the web-based, secure NIIX service (www.NIIX.org) to assist the interoperability community in the development and sharing of statewide communications interoperability plans and other interoperable communications-related documentation.

2National Interoperability Information eXchange – www.niix.org – [email protected] – 866.807.4755 National Public Safety Telecommunications Council - www.npstc.org

NIIX Services• Centralized access to peer-supplied documents, including various

plans, agreements, governance, policy, legislation, SOPs, funding and other useful documents

• Ability for members to submit documents to a national repository for sharing with peers

• Security and authentication ensures that only members with appropriate authorization have access to sensitive planning documents

• Contact list of other NIIX community members

• Calendar and event announcements


StatisticsJuly 5 – Oct 31

• Total Users: 701

• Communities: 46 (23 State or Territory)

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There are several important reasons to become a member of the NIIX Community:

• Access to documents

• Private workspace

• Peer network

NIIX users are:

• Emergency Responders

• Homeland Security Officials

• Contractors who can provide proof that they are working for a state or local entity on interoperable communications

Eligibility


Accessing Documents


Document Listing


One of the useful collaborative features of NIIX is the ability for members to associate themselves into communities.

You can also get a list of all the Communities that are on the NIIX site by clicking on the right hand side of the page above the national map.

We currently have 23 State or Territory and 22 Regional Communities

Communities


This is the Four Corners Community Home page.

Every member of the Community sees this page, complete with calendar, announcements, and documents.

Email notifications may be sent to the Community with a document upload or as an individual message.

Communities


Hawaii

• Hawaii

• Hawaii (72)– FCC -SIEC (0)– FCC RPC-700 MHz (0)– FCC RPC-800 MHz (2)– HWIN Documents (1)– NIMS/Comm Lessons Learned (2)– PSIC Documents (12)

• Narrative Brief (1)• Preliminary Investments (8)• PSIC Guide and IJ Guide (3)

– RPZ-Hawaii (2)– RPZ-Kauai (2)– RPZ-Maui (1)– RPZ-Oahu (3)– SCIP (19)

• SCIP Dates (1)• SCIP Documents-Archive (15)• SCIP Draft Document (1)• SCIP Review Criteria (2)

– SCIP Committee (23) • Agenda and Notes (21)• Members (1)• Scope and By Laws (1)

– TICP Documents (2) • Honolulu UA TICP (0)• TICP Format Documents (2)

– Unsolicited Vendor Information (3)

This is how Hawaii has set up their SCIP Community.

They currently have 98 documents that they are sharing among 46 Community members.


Clicking on “Comments” will bring up the list of comments that have already been entered for that document or will be blank if no comments have yet been entered. Once a Coordinator has posted a document to the Community, any member of the Community can make comments regarding that document. To add a comment, you simply begin typing in the Comment box.

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Contact Information:• www.NIIX.org• [email protected]• www.NPSTC.org• Toll Free 866.807.4755