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Department of Commerce Silver Medal (2011)
From left: Commerce Secretary, John Bryson; Jeffrey Bratcher of NTIA ITS; Dereck Orr of NIST OLES; Eric Nelson, John Vanderau, Dr. Robert Stafford, and Ronald Carey of NTIA/ITS; Acting Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Rebecca Blank; Assistant Secretary of NTIA, Larry Strickland; and Director of NIST and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, Dr. Patrick D. Gallagher. (Not shown: John Ewan, Christopher Redding, Irena Stange, and Andrew Thiessen of NTIA/ITS)
Silver Medal for Successful Implementation of a Voluntary Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program that Increases Public Safety
A team of ten PSCR program staff received a group Silver Medal in the category of Leadership from the U.S. Department of Commerce at ceremonies in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.
Previously, public safety did not have a consistent method to compare LMR based on rigorous testing for interoperability, conformance, and performance. Today, based on the efforts of the group and in cooperation with industry, the majority of P25 LMR products sold are represented in the P25 CAP.