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TIGTA Leads <strong>Treasury</strong>-wide<br />

Land Mobile Radio Program<br />

The <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Treasury</strong> has designated TIGTA to provide program<br />

management for its Land Mobile Radio Program. Supporting law enforcement<br />

personnel with Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, <strong>the</strong> United<br />

States Mint, and <strong>the</strong> Bureau <strong>of</strong> Engraving and Printing, OI serves as <strong>the</strong> central<br />

coordination and management body for land mobile radio communications,<br />

operations, planning, and spectrum management <strong>Department</strong>-wide.<br />

TIGTA’s responsibilities under <strong>the</strong> Land Mobile Radio Program include:<br />

• Manage <strong>the</strong> tactical wireless communications <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Treasury</strong>’s Wireless<br />

Programs Office;<br />

• Represent <strong>the</strong> <strong>Treasury</strong> at <strong>the</strong> Integrated Wireless Network (IWN), a<br />

Governmentwide initiative for interoperability between <strong>the</strong> <strong>Department</strong>s <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Treasury</strong>, Justice, and Homeland Security. This activity includes<br />

continuation <strong>of</strong> “Sector” support with <strong>the</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs<br />

Service (formerly <strong>the</strong> U.S. Customs Service);<br />

• Represent <strong>the</strong> <strong>Treasury</strong> at <strong>the</strong> Interdepartmental Radio Advisory<br />

Committee as a permanent member on that committee for Federal radio<br />

spectrum allocation;<br />

• Represent <strong>the</strong> <strong>Treasury</strong> in Project SafeCom, a program designed to<br />

promote interoperability among Federal, State, and local government<br />

safety forces; and,<br />

• Coordinate <strong>Treasury</strong> resources and conduct strategic planning<br />

for COOP.<br />

The selection <strong>of</strong> TIGTA as <strong>the</strong> <strong>Department</strong>’s Land Mobile Radio Program<br />

manager was <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> its longstanding expertise with IWN and<br />

communication technologies, and its favorable reputation in <strong>the</strong> law<br />

enforcement community.<br />

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