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PRESS RELEASES

2008

COMCARE Praises Joint Advisory Committee Report to Congress (PDF) (February 14, 2008)

COMCARE and HIMSS Announce Integrated Emergency Medical Response Initiative Advisory Board (PDF) (February 5, 2008)

2007

Core Services Initiative Will Advance Emergency Communications (PDF) (October 19, 2007)

COMCARE Leaders Praise new GM and OnStar Safety Technology (PDF) (October 9, 2007)

National Association of State Fire Marshals Joins COMCARE; Oklahoma State Marshal Robert Doke Elected to COMCARE’s Board of Directors (PDF) (September 25, 2007)

COMCARE, FEMA, IAEM, the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, and Wal-Mart Join together to Promote National Preparedness Month (PDF) (September 20, 2007)

National Safety Groups Call on DHS Disaster Management to Lead the Next Generation Data Standardization Project (PDF) (September 19, 2007)

COMCARE Introduces Individual Membership Opportunities (PDF) (August 23, 2007)

National 9-1-1 Association Director Departs; Board of Directors Names Bob Cobb, Ph.D., Interim Executive Director (PDF) (August 14, 2007)

Newest Broadcom Offer in ITC Case Doesn’t Address Safety Needs of Responders and the Public, National Safety Groups Say (PDF) (July 16, 2007)

Radio over IP Offers Cost Effective Option for Emergency Communications Between Different Radio and Telephone Systems (PDF) (July 2, 2007)

COMCARE Asks President Bush to Veto ITC Decision Banning New Phones with Improved Mobile Broadband and E9-1-1 Solutions from U.S. Market (PDF) (June 8, 2007)

EDXL Resource Messaging Draft Standard Released for Public Comment -- Improves Resource Management Across Organizations (PDF) (April 16, 2007)

DHS Under Secretary Cohen Keynotes Conference on Interoperability for Informed Emergency Response (PDF) (March 12, 2007)

2006

COMCARE and its Patient Tracking Partners Push for More Comprehensive Definition of Emergency Response (PDF) (December 7, 2006)

COMCARE Announces Release of Hospital Availability Standard for Public Comment (PDF) (December 5, 2006)

National Deaf and Hard of Hearing Groups and COMCARE Call on FCC to Improve on Access to 9-1-1 (PDF) (September 28, 2006)

COMCARE Hosts an Open Membership Meeting to Commemorate National Preparedness Month (PDF) (September 19, 2006)

COMCARE Joins Over 60 Organizations in Calling on Congress and Agencies for Comprehensive Emergency Communications Policy (PDF) (August 7, 2006)

COMCARE Members Highlight the Need for Data Interoperability Before House Homeland Security Meeting (PDF) (July 27, 2006)

U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Sponsor Third Annual National Preparedness Month (PDF) DHS Release (July 17, 2006)

COMCARE Director Named to RCR Wireless News' Wireless Hall of Fame (PDF) (June 1, 2006)

COMCARE Invites Public Comment on Patient Tracking Functional Requirements (PDF)
(May 3, 2006)

COMCARE Praises Approval of “Distribution Element” as International Emergency Data Standard (PDF)(May 1, 2006)

COMCARE Praises Senate's Katrina Report (PDF) (April 28, 2006)

COMCARE Launches Patient Tracking Resource Portal (PDF) (April 27, 2006)

EIC and COMCARE Announce Submission of Draft Hospital Emergency Resource Standard to OASIS (PDF) (January 23, 2006)

NEWS ARTICLES

2007

9-1-1 Location Technology Summit Agenda Press Statement (November 13, 2007)

Steven Spoonamore Joins Duos Technologies as Chief Technology Officer (October 18, 2007)

E9-1-1 Institute Elects New Board of Directors (October 16, 2007)

Partnership Aims To Boost IT Use in Emergency Response (October 16, 2007)

Speaking the Same Language (August 17, 2007)

Qualcomm Cell Phone Ban to Take Effect (August 7, 2007)

Digital Age Spawns a New First Responder (August 4, 2007)

Health Organizations Release Recommendations for Improved Disaster Response (July 27, 2007)

Legislation Introduced to Promote 9-1-1 Awareness (July 13, 2007)

Emergency Responders Back RoIP for Interoperability (July 3, 2007)

In case of emergency: Share (April 23, 2007)

Radio over IP Offers Easy, Affordable Way to Link Disparate Agencies, says Virginia Fire Chief (April 13, 2007)

COMCARE Director Quoted in AT&T Trend Report (March 27, 2007)

Qualcomm Calls in the Police in Broadcom Patent Fight (March 23, 2007)

Representative Eshoo Calls for 'Technology Neutrality' in Legislative Language (January 9, 2007)

COMCARE Emphasizes Need for Better Inter-Organizational Communication (PDF) (January 8, 2007)

DHS Releases TICP Scorecard Report Department of Homeland Security (January 3, 2007)

2006

FCC Announces Appointees for Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee Federal Communications Commission (December 5, 2006)

Faster Response, Better Patient and Victim Care Using Modern Technology Emergency Number Professional Magazine, by Judith Woodhall (November 30, 2006)

COMCARE Calls for Inter-Organizational Data Sharing Among Emergency Responders International Association of Emergency Manager's Bulletin, by Charlee Hess (October 24, 2006)

Public Safety Officials Urged to Embrace Innovation National Journal's Technology Daily, from Govexec.com, by Michael Martinez (September 26, 2006)

The Trauma of Terror JEMS.com, by COMCARE member Chief Will Chapleau (September 14, 2006)

Emergency Radio System in the Works North Jersey Media Group, by Oshrat Carmiel (August 24, 2006)

Katrina Forces Rethinking - Getting, Sharing Info at Heart of Poor Response Washington Technology, by Alice Lipowicz (August 21, 2006)

Executive Order Defines Interoperability In a step forward for COMCARE and its members, President Bush recently put forward an executive order in which he defined “interoperability.” (August 2006)

Fair Warning Washington Technology, by Alice Lipowicz (July 24, 2006)

Modernizing Emergency Response & Preparedness Through the Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative IAEM Bulletin, by Amy DuBrueler and Kelly McKellogg (July 2006) p.10

Facing the Challenge of Data Interoperability Continuity e-Guide, by Bill Lent (June 21, 2006)

EMS Magazine's Resource Guide: Technology in EMS - Patient Tracking Systems Emergency Medical Services, by Kathryn Robyn (April 2006)

COMCARE Launches Portal Dispatch Monthly Magazine (April 28, 2006)

VEDS Enables Automatic Data Collection for Telematics Providers ATSIP - The Traffic Safety Record (March 15, 2006)

Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative Offers New Data Source ATSIP - The Traffic Safety Record (March 15, 2006)

OASIS to consider new draft emergency data standard Government Health IT, by Dibya Sarkar (February 1, 2006)

Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative Aims to Assist in Emergency Situations Nursezone.com, by Suzi Birz (January 30, 2006)

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