Senior Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday urged Congress to create a grant program to help cities update their emergency communications in order to communicate across ...

Legislation that would help enable state and local first responders to achieve interoperable emergency communications was introduced Friday by Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), whose earlier bill to ...

Brig. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence, director, command, control, communications and computers, J-6, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and Maj. Craig A. Fleming, USAF, J-6 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local counties will get state funding to improve their emergency communications. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced that $55 ...

Just as methodical programs to improve emergency communications interoperability are building up speed, new technologies threaten to derail the entire effort. Emergency responders find that new mobile ...

While not an exhaustive list, leading carriers providing push-to-talk (PTT) over broadband services, including FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, and Southern Linc’s CriticalLinc™ services, and First ...

Following Homeland Security Today’s report this week that the House passed the final version of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Interoperable Communications Act (HR 615) earlier passed by ...

CAPITAL REGION (NEWS10) — Close to $9 million is coming to Capital Region counties to enhance first responder emergency communications. The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency ...

DENVER, Colo. — On Monday, the Colorado House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of Senate Bill 11-173, the first bill in the nation to establish that communications interoperability is a ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul announced more than $38 million in state funding to enhance emergency communications for first responders across New York, including in Monroe County. The funding ...

A successful plan for wireless interoperable communications for a specific metropolitan region or state takes years to develop, and typically requires a special committee to help agencies work through ...

Democrats who will assume leadership roles on homeland security when the new Congress convenes in January are questioning Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s recently stated goal for having ...