PSIC Grants - Just the beginning
Oct 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By James Careless
After a year and $1 billion in grants, progress toward interoperable communication is hard to gauge. Since the 9/11 attacks, federal lawmakers have bemoaned the lack of interoperable communications between public-safety agencies that may need to coordinate efforts when large-scale incidents occur.
Oct 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By James Careless
After a year and $1 billion in grants, progress toward interoperable communication is hard to gauge. Since the 9/11 attacks, federal lawmakers have bemoaned the lack of interoperable communications between public-safety agencies that may need to coordinate efforts when large-scale incidents occur.
Expecting a windfall from the auction of 700 MHz spectrum to commercial wireless carriers, Congress earmarked an unprecedented $1 billion in anticipated auction proceeds to fund Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) grants. On Sept. 30, 2007, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) co-allocated more than $968 million to 56 states and territories. Although disbursed at the state/territorial level, local government agencies were given an opportunity to tap into these funds by applying to their respective state/territorial bodies with their interoperable communications projects. ...
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