Mobility Acceleration Coalition Fact Sheet

As public safety agencies advance their communication technology tools based on individual priorities and budgets, public safety runs the risk of adopting non-interoperable and incompatible mobile data systems in the absence of regional coordination and strategic planning.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) collaborated with Mobility 4 Public Safety, the Los Angeles region and the Houston/Harris County region to create the Mobility Acceleration Coalition (MAC). By working with public safety stakeholders in both regions, DHS S&T sought to enhance strategic planning to develop repeatable interoperable mobile data architectures, governance, and associated policies and procedures with tactical use case development for public safety purposes.