NTIA, in consultation with DHS, shall make payments not to exceed $1 billion in the aggregate through fiscal year 2010 to carry out the PSIC program. Grants will be awarded by September 30, 2007, and grant projects will be completed in Fiscal Year 2010.

The grant program, which covers public safety agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and four U.S. territories, will assist public safety agencies in the acquisition of, deployment of, or training for the use of interoperable communications systems that can utilize reallocated public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz band for radio communication.

For program information, the public may contact NTIA's Office of Telecommunications and Information Administration at (202) 482-5802 or the DHS Office of Grants and Training at 1-800-368-6498.

For more information:

• Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program Public Meeting, June 4, 2007: John M. R. Kneuer, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department Of Commerce, will welcome participants to this public meeting, which will cover program policies, present ways to avoid audit problems, and provide a question and answer session. Meeting will be held at the H. C. Hoover Building Auditorium, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC from 10am to 12pm.
  • Webcast Audio File (mp3 file, 28.8 Mb) Please note that audio recording encountered technical difficulties that affected the webcast for the first five minutes. A transcript of the program will be available at a later date.
  Posted: 06-04-2007
  • Meeting Agenda [ -- HTML -- MS Word -- Acrobat PDF -- ]
  Posted: 05-31-2007
  • Presentation: Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program [ -- HTML -- Acrobat PDF -- MS Powerpoint -- ]
  Posted: 05-31-2007
  • Presentation: How to Avoid Audit Problems [ -- HTML -- Acrobat PDF -- MS Powerpoint -- ]
  Posted: 05-31-2007
  • Press Advisory [ -- HTML -- Acrobat PDF (22 Kb) -- ]
  Posted: 05-17-2007
  • Federal Register Notice [ -- HTML -- Acrobat PDF (16 Kb) -- ]
  Posted: 05-17-2007
  
  
• PSIC Grant Program: Focus Group Meeting, May 17, 2007 [ -- HTML -- MS PowerPoint (838 Kb) -- Acrobat PDF (263 Kb) -- ]
  
  
• NTIA to Hold Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program Public Meeting, June 4, 2007
  • Press Advisory [ -- HTML -- Acrobat PDF (22 Kb) -- ]
  • Federal Register Notice [ -- HTML -- Acrobat PDF (16 Kb) -- ]
  Posted: 05-17-2007
  
  
• Frequently-Asked Questions [-- HTML -- MS Word -- Acrobat PDF (60Kb) --]
  Posted 03-20-2007
  
  
• Fact Sheet: Memorandum of Understanding to implement the Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program
  Posted 02-22-2007
  
  
• Commerce, DHS Memorandum of Understanding for Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grants (3.5Mb Acrobat PDF format)
  Posted 02-22-2007
  
  
• See your state's or territory's homeland security contact