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Department of the Interior Field Communications Modernization The 2023
request includes $12,094,000 for the NPS as part of a coordinated
$28.6 million investment across BIA, NPS, FWS, USGS, and the Office of
the Chief Information Officer for field communication modernization.
This investment will enhance communications management in emergency
situations, land and resource management, scientific studies,
emergency management, wildland fire, and law enforcement mission
areas. Where agency policy permits and technology aligns these mission
areas will have access to capabilities such as local control over the
network to assign users and create talk groups and determine who can
access or manage mobile devices and platform applications. This
investment will also deploy mobile broadband connectivity and provide
employees working in the field with voice, video, and data
capabilities for all missions. In many locations, the deployment of
these capabilities will enhance or replace a voice-only, mid-20th
century land mobile radio technology with technology that is cheaper
to operate and maintain.
The 2023 request will focus on field operations and users in the Great
Lakes (Region 3), Mississippi Basin (Region 4), the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and Puerto Rico. The modernization will leverage ongoing
deployment of public safety broadband, such as FirstNet and satellite
devices, where terrestrial broadband is not available. Nationwide, the
NPS has an estimated $78.4 million in deferred maintenance backlog to
bring related voice-only capability to acceptable condition; this
solution will seek to replace that radio infrastructure where it makes
sense, eliminating backlog in retained communication assets and
reducing future operations and maintenance costs for field
communications.
The NPS is an integral part of DOI-wide field communication
governance, along with other bureaus and offices. The NPS will execute
projects coordinated by the DOI governance body with project
management, engineering support, and IT security requirements managed
by OCIO.
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