[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO INTRADO INC. OF LONGMONT, COLORADO

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                           HON. BOB BEAUPREZ

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 5, 2005

  Mr. BEAUPREZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my appreciation for 
the services provided by the men and women of Intrado Inc., 
headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.
  For over two decades, telecommunications providers, public safety 
organizations and government agencies have turned to Intrado for their 
communications needs. As North America's leader in 9-1-1 infrastructure 
and services, Intrado's business was founded with the objective of 
improving public safety and we continue to have a tradition of giving 
back to the community. Intrado's corporate culture is built around 
employee involvement in causes that are both local and national in 
scope. From Intrado' s core business of 9-1-1 to the widely 
participated employee volunteer activities, Intrado aims to make a 
positive contribution to society.
  Intrado's ongoing mission is to continually improve the quality of 
the 9-1-1 data available to first responders, e.g. police, fire and 
emergency medical personnel. Since the first 9-1-1 call was made, 
Intrado has played a key role in defining, building and maintaining the 
complex emergency communications infrastructure. In 2004, Intrado 
products, services and systems supported nearly 200 million calls to 9-
1-1, and the volume continues to grow.
  Intrado emphasis on corporate citizenship is reflected in numerous 
activities. For the past two years Intrado has partnered with the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to assist cities and 
towns across the US to deploy the Intrado IntelliCast' 
target notification system as a tool to help win the fight against time 
in locating missing children. Operating like 9-1-1 in reverse, the 
IntelliCast system automatically delivers a telephone message about a 
missing child to thousands of targeted homes and businesses within 
minutes, helping ensure the most efficient dissemination of relevant 
information to safely and quickly recover missing children. Intrado 
waives the fees for launching missing children alerts in an effort to 
support a community's need for quick action in those situations.
  Intrado's encouragement of community involvement and volunteerism has 
resulted in support for local food drives, assistance with armed forces 
care packages, and financial donations to a number of charitable 
efforts around the country. In addition, in 2004 Intrado began support 
of the 911 For Kids program in Denver and surrounding cities. 911 For 
Kids provides 9-1-1 education for children in elementary schools to 
ensure they know how to call for help in an emergency.
  Finally, Intrado is actively working to design and build the next 
generation emergency services network to address and support the 
changing communications requirements. Intrado's extensive intellectual 
property in emergency communications management and fundamental 9-1-1 
operations--combined with the world's largest pool of experienced 
personnel in these areas--makes Intrado the clear leader for this task.
  Again, Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the fine men and women of 
Intrado, Inc. for working to make our communities safer and better 
places to live. They represent some of our country's best, and I hope 
they continue to call Colorado home for years to come.

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