Vicki Pickett joined the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) staff as the association’s education and training director.

Anterix Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer Chris Guttman-McCabe was appointed to the board of directors of the GridWise Alliance. The addition of Anterix's Guttman-McCabe aligns with GridWise's recognition that a modern electric grid needs modern communications.

Softil and Zetron announced that Softil’s BEEHD mission-critical services (MCX)-enabling technology will be used by Zetron to expand the LTE Push-To-Talk (PTT) integration capabilities of its dispatch solutions.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the launch of Hack DHS, a bug bounty program to identify potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities within certain DHS systems and increase the department’s cybersecurity resilience.

The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) filed a motion asking the FCC to extend the reply comments deadline to its ongoing further notice of proposed rulemaking (FNPRM) on what to do with the 4.9 GHz band.

Airbus and OneWeb signed a distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services for military and governmental use.

ATIS’ Next G Alliance and the 5G Forum signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further their mutual goals of advancing cooperation in next-generation mobile communications.

The FCC proposed action to improve the clarity and accessibility of visual Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages to the public, particularly to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and launched an examination of broader measures to enhance the system’s overall functionality and accessibility.

Robin J. Cohen, president of the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA), was appointed to the additional role of CEO. Cohen also will join the EWA Board of Directors.

Gov. Andy Beshear has established a fund to assist tornado victims and begin rebuilding. Donate at secure.kentucky.gov/formservices/Finance/WKYRelief or by sending a check to Public Protection Cabinet, 500 Mero St., 218 NC, Frankfort, KY 40601.