National Telecommunications and Information Administration California Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Award No. 2007-GS-H7-0008

摘要

The Digital Television and Public Safety Act of 2005 authorized NTIA, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to implement the PSIC programa $1 billion, one-time, formula-based matching grant program intended to enable public safety agencies to establish interoperable emergency communications systems using reallocated radio spectrum. NTIA signed a memorandum of understanding with DHS, under which DHS oversees and administers the PSIC program. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 requires the Commerce Inspector General to conduct financial audits, over 4 years, of a representative sample of at least 25 states or territories receiving PSIC grants. The California grant program is the largest of the 56 states and territories receiving awards.