FirstNet Names Execs

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FirstNet, the First Responder Network
Authority created by Congress to oversee a national interoperable public safety
network, has named two new executives.

TJ Kennedy, who has
been director of public safety and security for Raytheon, joins FirstNet as
deputy general manager.

In addition, Ed
Parkinson, former staffer to House Homeland Security Committee Chair Peter King
(R-N.Y.), has been named director of government affairs.

King was a leading
voice for Congress' creation of the network and funding it with proceeds from
the broadcast incentive auctions.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.