The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Stakeholder Engagement Division issued a notice of funding opportunity to award a new cooperative agreement for a National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) pilot for fiscal year (FY) 2020.

The Department of Homeland (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a toolkit intended to provide guidance and resources to make communications more resilient.

The FCC fined HobbyKing $2,861,128 for marketing drone transmitters that do not comply with FCC licensing rules.

During a second-quarter earnings call July 23, AT&T executives said the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted some aspects of the business but said First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) momentum remains strong.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in Florida selected Tyler Technologies’ New World Enterprise records management system (RMS), as well as Tyler’s New World field-based reporting, Scene Collect, Brazos eCitation, SoftCode civil process, and Socrata data and insights solutions.

Parsons and Neology announced the formation of a strategic partnership to jointly pursue opportunities in the critical infrastructure, mobility and transportation markets. The companies have a combined 110 years of experience helping cities and people move safely, efficiently and cost effectively around the world.

Hytera Communications’ two U.S. subsidiaries asked a U.S. bankruptcy court to approve the process for a sale of its assets to the newly formed Hytera US or to a higher or better bidder. Meanwhile, Motorola has asked the court to dismiss the bankruptcy case, arguing that Hytera is using bankruptcy to delay legal proceedings against it.

TCCA and the Global Certification Forum (GCF) formed a new group to continue work on the development of mission-critical certification for broadband equipment. The group plans to begin certifying mission-critical devices with pre-integrated MCX client apps in the first phase.

RapidDeploy named Adam Timm head of change management.

Valid8 selected Softil’s BEEHD customizable software development kit (SDK) client framework solution as one of the mission-critical communications (MCX) reference clients to support the development of a U.S. government-sponsored Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) MCX standards-compliant testing solution for the mission-critical communications industry.