FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Richard Mills/Dan Nelson
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2007 202-482-4883
SECRETARIES GUTIERREZ AND CHERTOFF TO ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1 BILLION IN GRANTS FOR FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNICATIONS
Funding Announced for All 50 States, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories
WASHINGTON
–
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez
and U.S. Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff
will announce the $968 million
Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grants to help state and local first responders improve public safety communications
during a natural or man-made disaster on Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
The PSIC Grant Program will assist public safety agencies in the acquisition, deployment, and training of interoperable communications systems to enhance interoperable communications of voice, data, and/or video signals. Commerce
will award grants by September 30, 2007, as required by the Call Home Act of 2006.
WHO:
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
WHAT:
Announcement of Nearly $1 Billion in Grants for First Responder Communications
WHEN:
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
10:00 a.m.
9:15 – 9:45 a.m. ─ Press Check-in
WHERE:
U.S. Department of Commerce
Auditorium Stage
1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Media should enter the 14th Street entrance with proper press credentials.
To register, media should contact Todd Sedmak at (202) 482-7002 or email tsedmak@ntia.doc.gov.
