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July 19, 2002

Senate creates first responder tech team
<a href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0702/071902tdpm2.htm">http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0702/071902tdpm2.htm>
Government Executive
By Maureen Sirhal, National Journal's Technology Daily

The Senate on Thursday passed a measure to create a volunteer cadre of
technology professionals that the government could mobilize during a
crisis.

"As America mobilizes to protect itself from terrorism," said Sen. Ron
Wyden, the Oregon Democrat who sponsored the measure, "a key weapon in
the defensive arsenal is its great technological prowess. ... Therefore,
it is essential to ensure that America's anti-terrorism efforts tap the
tremendous science and technology talents of the private sector."

Similar to existing urban search and rescue teams, the National
Emergency Technology Guard, or NET Guard, would be certified and
deployed by an office within the executive branch and headed by a
presidential-appointed director.

"The legislation does not create a large bureaucracy, nor does it seek
to micromanage," Wyden said Thursday. "Instead, it gives the president
flexibility to decide where within the executive branch the different
functions set forth in the bill should be placed."

In addition to building a virtual reserve of tech experts, the measure
would mandate the creation of a center to serve as a clearinghouse for
evaluating new technologies aimed at enhancing emergency-response
capabilities.

"New technologies are being developed every day that can help save lives
and improve the ability of our firefighters, police and 'first
responders' to react quickly and effectively to a catastrophic event,"
Virginia Republican George Allen, a co-sponsor of the measure, said on
the floor.

According to the bill, the center, dubbed the Center for Civilian
Homeland Security Technology Evaluation, would provide an online portal
as a single point of contact for industries to navigate the federal
bureaucracy to recommend their technologies that could potentially aid
the security efforts. The bill also seeks to grant funding—totaling $35
million—for pilot projects that attempt to solve interoperability
problems in local emergency response—including fire, law enforcement,
medical practioners—and communications infrastructure.

Allen spokesman Matt Raymond said language similar to the freestanding
bill is included in the House Science Committee's portion of a measure
to created a Homeland Security Department. But "where it goes [from
there] is sort of up in the air," he added. The proposal ultimately
could become law as part of the homeland security legislation, he noted.

House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., has said he
will shepherd a companion measure through the House.

Wyden noted that companies such as AOL Time Warner, Intel, Microsoft,
Oracle, the National Association of Manufacturers and Biotechnology
Industry Organization support the proposal.

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