mr. ginn has worked here for more than four decades. beginning in 1960 as an engineer with at&t. he went on to serve as chairman from 1988 to 1984.he was chairman of airtouch until 1999 . he is currently a senior adviser at green hill and has served on several boards. he will be providing an overview of the conceptual design.he will provide overview of rfirstnet's activities to date. we will also discuss how they intend to engage was state to ensure the nationwide network is a success. he's also joined here today by several other members in our audience.mr. craig farrell, also acting as firstnet general manager. fire chief jeff johnson. new york city deputy chuck spoke to the governors about the importance of this meeting. mr. ginn, we are pleased to have you be here to discuss plans for the network and how states can work together to ensure the success. >> thank you. it is a real pleasure to be here. i would like to think nga,-- thank nga, heather, and her staff and all of the governors to wo

mr. ginnis currently senior advisor at green hill and has served on several boards, including ico global communications, specific tells group, vodafone, and airtouch communications. to help inform governors decisions, mr. ginn will be providing an overview of firstnet activities today, including a networks conceptual design. we will also discuss how firstnet intends to engage with states to ensure that the nationwide network is a success. mr. ginn is also joined here today by several other firstnet board members in our audience. mr. craig ferrell who is also acting as firstnet general manager. mr. ferrell. fire chief jeff johnson's leaving the board stakeholder outreach efforts. and new york city police department deputy chief chuck dowd spoke to the governors about the importance of this network at the nga several beatings -- several years ago. mr. ginn we are pleased to have you with us here today to discuss firstnet's plans for the network and how states and firstnet can work together to en

mr. ginnas worked here for more than four decades. beginning in 1960 as an engineer with at&t. he went on to serve as chairman from 1988 to 1984. he is currently a senior adviser at green hill and has served on several boards. he will be providing an overview of the conceptual design. we will also discuss how they intend to engage was state to ensure the nationwide network is a success. he's also joined here today by several other members in our audience. fire chief jeff johnson. new york city deputy chuck spoke to the governors about the importance of this meeting. mr. ginn, we are pleased to have be here to discuss plans for the network and how states can work together to ensure the success. good afternoon. >> thank you. it is a real pleasure to be here. i would like to think nga, heather, and her staff and all of the governors to worse on the -- who worked on the passing of this legislation. it actually allocated $7 billion so that we can engineer a nationwide network that is interoperable,

mr. ginn, we are pleased to have be here to discuss plans for the network and how states can work together to ensure the success. but after know. >> thank you. it is a real pleasure to be here. i would like to think nga, heather, and her staff and all of the governors to worse on the passing of this legislation. it actually allocated $7 billion so that we can engineer a nationwide network that is interoperable, secure, reliable, and most of all, local control. if you think conceptually about what we're trying to do here, we are trying to put wiffi across your entire state and then you can plug in the capabilities you want and the degree to which you want them and the amount you want them to run your state. it is important to say this. the first question we typically get is this is going to be a nationwide network and we will lose local control and we will not be able to run our own operations. that is that conceptually what we are talking about here. we are are detecting a national network. th

. -- mr sam ginn. beginning his career in 1968 with a career and at&t.he served as chairman and ceo of telesis 19 98 to 1984 -- 1988 to 1994. he has served on several boards, including ico global communications, vodafone, and airtouch communications. we will also discuss covers the intends to engage in dates to ensure that the nationwide network is a success. he is also joined by several other first not board members in our audience. craig, first that general manager. -- firstnet general manager. new york city police department deputy chief chuck dowd. we are pleased to have you with us here today to discuss the plans for the network and how states can work together to ensure the networks success. good afternoon. >> good afternoon and thank you. . it is a pleasure to be here. i would like first to thank nga -- >> we are trying to put wi- fi across the entire state and then you can plug in the applications and capabilities that you want and the degree that you want them and the amount that you want them to run your state. i think it is important to say th