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Voices of First Responders - Examining Public Safety Communication from the Perspective of 9-1-1 Call Takers and Dispatchers: Findings from User-Centered Interviews, Phase 1, Volume 4

March 24, 2020
Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Mary Theofanos, Yee-Yin Choong, Shanee Dawkins, Susanne M. Furman, Kristen K. Greene, Sandra Spickard Prettyman
With the newly created Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), the public safety community has a unique opportunity to review and improve communication technology for first responders, 9 1 1 communications, emergency medical services (EMS)

Voices of First RespondersNationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Methodology: Development, Dissemination, and Demographics, Phase 2, Volume 1

March 20, 2020
Author(s)
Kristen Greene, Shanee T. Dawkins, Sandra S. Prettyman, Pamela J. Konkol, Mary F. Theofanos, Kevin C. Mangold, Susanne M. Furman, Michelle P. Steves
With the newly created Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), the public safety community is in the process of supplementing the use of land mobile radios (LMR) to a technology ecosystem that will include a variety of new communication tools

Passwords Protect My Stuff a Study of Childrens Password Practices

March 10, 2020
Author(s)
Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Karen Renaud, Suzanne Prior
Children use technology from a very young age, and often have to authenticate. The goal of this study is to explore children’s practices, perceptions, and knowledge regarding passwords. Given the limited work to date and that the world’s cyber posture and

Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management [includes updates as of 03-02- 2020]

March 2, 2020
Author(s)
Paul A. Grassi, James L. Fenton, Elaine M. Newton, Ray Perlner, Andrew Regenscheid, William E. Burr, Justin P. Richer, Naomi Lefkovitz, Jamie M. Danker, Yee-Yin Choong, Kristen K. Greene, Mary Theofanos
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. These guidelines focus on the authentication of

Digital Identity Guidelines: Enrollment and Identity Proofing [includes updates as of 03-02-2020]

March 2, 2020
Author(s)
Paul A. Grassi, James L. Fenton, Naomi Lefkovitz, Jamie M. Danker, Yee-Yin Choong, Kristen K. Greene, Mary Theofanos
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. This guideline focuses on the enrollment and

Digital Identity Guidelines: Federation and Assertions [includes updates as of 03-02-2020]

March 2, 2020
Author(s)
Paul A. Grassi, Justin P. Richer, Sarah K. Squire, James L. Fenton, Ellen M. Nadeau, Naomi B. Lefkovitz, Jamie M. Danker, Yee-Yin Choong, Kristen Greene, Mary F. Theofanos
This document and its companion documents, SP 800-63, SP 800-63A, and SP 800-63B, provide technical and procedural guidelines to agencies for the implementation of federated identity systems and for assertions used by federations. This publication

Voices of First Responders - Examining Public Safety Communication from the Rural Perspective

November 25, 2019
Author(s)
Kristen K. Greene, Shanee Dawkins, Mary Theofanos, Michelle P. Steves, Susanne M. Furman, Yee-Yin Choong, Sandra S. Prettyman
With the newly created Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), the public safety community has a unique opportunity to review and improve communication technology for first responders, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. Understanding the

Voices of First Responders – Examining Public Safety Communication Problems and Requested Functionality: Findings from User-Centered Interviews, Phase 1, Volume 2.1

May 15, 2019
Author(s)
Shanee T. Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Kristen Greene, Susanne M. Furman, Michelle P. Steves, Sandra S. Prettyman
The public safety community has a unique opportunity to improve communication technology for incident response with the creation of the national public safety broadband network (NPSBN). Understanding the problems currently being experienced by first

Voices of First Responders – Examining Public Safety Communication Problems and Requested Functionality: Findings from User-Centered Interviews, Phase 1, Volume 2

March 28, 2019
Author(s)
Shanee T. Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Kristen Greene, Susanne M. Furman, Michelle P. Steves, Sandra S. Prettyman
The public safety community has a unique opportunity to improve communication technology for incident response with the creation of the national public safety broadband network (NPSBN). Understanding the problems currently being experienced by first

Case Study - Exploring Children's Password Knowledge and Practices

February 23, 2019
Author(s)
Yee-Yin Choong, Mary Theofanos, Karen Renaud, Suzanne Prior
Children use technology from a very young age, and often have to authenticate themselves. Yet very little attention has been paid to designing authentication specifically for this particular target group. The usual practice is to deploy the ubiquitous