Each year, the NG9-1-1 Institute holds an election for its Board of Directors.The following five seats are open for election this year:

• Two Membership at Large Positions;
• One IP-Enabled Service Provider Position;
• One Large Telecommunications Company position; and
• One Wireless Provider Position.

The nomination period closes October 9 at midnight. Anyone may submit a nomination. However, only members of the NG9-1-1 Institute are eligible to hold a position on the Board of Directors. Become a member for free by filling out this form.

The mission of NG9-1-1 Institute is to support the Congressional NG9-1-1 Caucus and assist it in promoting public education on NG9-1-1 and emergency communications issues. Specifically, the Institute serves as an information clearinghouse for policy makers at federal, state, and local levels, as well as for interested parties and the general public. The organization also serves as a forum for policy discussions that will benefit public policy development.

Visit the NG9-1-1 Institute website for more information.

Questions? Contact Carla Anderson.

NENA's Center Manager Certification Program (CMCP) is designed to equip recently hired, newly promoted, and aspiring PSAP and 9-1-1 Authority managers and supervisors with the tools needed to effectively manage their agency through a rigorous 40-hour course of lecture and lab-based education. For more seasoned 9-1-1 professionals, the CMCP may serve to fill in some of the gaps and strengthen core competencies required in emergency communications center management.

The CMCP, unlike many other upper-level emergency communications training programs, utilizes a real-world, hands-on approach that is focused on topics encountered daily by managerial and supervisory level personnel: Business Writing, Financial Management, Human Resources, Legal Issues, and Communications Skills. With a curriculum built by current and former 9-1-1 center managers with decades of combined supervisory and training experience, the program will provide you with knowledge and skills that can immediately and drastically improve your on-the-job effectiveness and enhance your agency's everyday operations. 

Click here to register for the CMCP in Cary, NC (Oct. 22-26).

Visit the CMCP webpage for more information on the program, including an outline, course materials, prerequisites, and pricing. 

The NENA 2012 Live Learning Center provides you with online, on-demand access to audio and synchronized presentation materials from nearly every Education & Training Session held at NENA 2012. That's 80 hours of expert presentations addressing best practices, innovations, trends, and more available at the click of a mouse!

NENA Core Services Committee, Data Structures Subcommittee, Civic Location Data eXchange Format Working Group (CLDXF WG) has created the Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) Civic Location Data Exchange Format (CLDXF) Standard as one component of a larger suite of NG9-1-1 standards. The NG9-1-1 standards are intended to provide a common and mutually-understood means for PSAPs to exchange 9-1-1 call location information. This document defines the civic location data elements that will be used to support the NENA compliant Next Generation systems, databases, call routing, call handling, and related processes.

The draft standard has been posted to the NENA website and is available for a 15 business-day public review and comment period ending October 5, 2012, at 5pm ET. Due to the number of comments previously received and the quantity of edits and clarification that have been made to this document, it is being released for a second round of public review and comments with only the edits shown being subject to review.

There are two accepted ways to provide comments on this document:

1. If you are a NENA Committee member, please submit your comments using the NENA Intranet (WebEx) Comments Tracking Database. Select "NEW" and fill in the blanks. If you have several comments, you also have the ability to attach a document.

2. If you are not a NENA member, please complete the NENA Comment Tracking Form and email to docreview@nena.org no later than October 5, 2012, 5pm ET.

 

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NENA's new and improved career center now offers more options and search functionality to job seekers and recruiters, including the ability to browse openings by category, subscribe to receive email notifications of new openings, and apply for openings directly online. Recruiters can now view and rate candidates applying for openings, search the resume database of available candidates (members-only feature), and manage postings online. 

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NENA Development Conference - Feb. 10-13, 2013 - Caribe Royale - Orlando, FL

9-1-1 Goes to Washington - Mar. 17-20, 2013 - L'Enfant Plaza Hotel - Washington, DC

NENA 2013 - June 15-20, 2013 - Charlotte Convention Center - Charlotte, NC