Senators Help NTIA Spend Emergency Bucks

COMMERCE HELPS NTIA SPEND EMERGENCY BUCKS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Senate Commerce Committee Chairmen Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) have introduced a bill to give the National Telecommunications & Information Administration more direction on how to spend $1 billion that was appropriated for emergency communications. The grants are to help police, fire and medical personnel better communicate in times of disaster, a response to the communications problems during 9/11.
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* Press release from Sen Stevens
http://stevens.senate.gov/pr_detailed.cfm?prid=464