Panelists call for emergency communications mandate

Panelists call for emergency communications mandate http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0107/013007cdpm1.htm By Chris Strohm, CongressDaily Members of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and a panel of national security experts criticized the Homeland Security Department Tuesday for not doing enough to ensure that state and local governments have interoperable communications equipment, adding that Congress should mandate new standards.