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Commerce Department touts public safety grant program By Michael Martinez National Journal's Technology Daily June 4, 2007 Commerce Department officials on Monday outlined how a federal grant program for public safety communications will be implemented. The department's National Technology Information Administration, in consultation with the Homeland Security Department, has been tasked with allocating nearly $1 billion in grants to improve the ability of state and local public safety networks to communicate with each other across different jurisdictions. The grants will be awarded by the end of the year...