D.C. Council Tees Up Fresh Nominee to Lead 911 Center

The District of Columbia Council will consider final action on a nomination for Office of Unified Communications director in “not less than 15 days,” said a notice in Friday’s D.C. Register. The D.C. Council will consider a resolution (PR25-0115) to nominate Heather McGaffin to lead the scrutinized 911 center. The Judiciary and Public Safety Committee plans a roundtable on the resolution March 15 at noon, said a revised notice. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Feb. 17 nominated McGaffin, who is currently OUC’s deputy director and was the office’s chief of special operations and investigations from October 2020 to February 2022. From September 2015 to October 2020, she worked with Mission Critical Partners to help states with next-generation 911 transitions and other projects. From April 2006 to September 2015, McGaffin handled call taking, dispatching and supervising at the emergency communications center in Calvert County, Maryland. Bowser withdrew previous nominee Karima Holmes in December after D.C. Council members signaled they would reject the former OUC director’s confirmation (see 2212060042).