"Funding"
County Panel OKs Spending for 9-1-1 System
June 25, 2012Plans for a new public safety communication system moved ahead Thursday after Allen County, Ind., officials approved funding for their $7.3 million share of the project.
Read full articleBill Seeks Cellphone Tax Law Change
June 20, 2012New York: Two state lawmakers recently announced a bill that would change the current tax law on cellphones to ensure that nearly 60 percent of surcharge funds go to counties and local governments for public safety purposes.
Read full articleAPCO Provides Comments to NTIA on State and Local Implementation Grant Program
June 18, 2012Alexandria, Va. – The Association for Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International timely submitted comments that were due Friday, June 15…
Read full articleAtlantic City to Discuss How to Use Grant to Update Police Department Technology
June 5, 2012Atlantic City officials will meet this week to discuss spending a $3.5 million grant to upgrade the Police Department’s outdated technology.
Read full articleColumbia (Mo.) Police Chief Ken Burton Advocates Broadening Tax Discussion Beyond 9-1-1
June 4, 2012Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton would like officials who are considering asking voters to approve a 911 tax in November to discuss broadening the request to be a countywide public safety tax.
Read full articleBoard Approves 9-1-1 Call Center Deal
June 1, 2012Vivian Sade, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Fort Wayne and Allen County officials learned Wednesday that the long-awaited project to update…
Read full articleBradley Tackles 9-1-1 Shortfall, Sales Tax Dispute
June 1, 2012CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Commission plans to tackle two major financial issues Monday evening: an ongoing dispute over sales tax revenues with Cleveland and recurring budget shortfalls with Bradley County 911.
Read full articleFunding for the National Public Safety Broadband Network
May 17, 2012The NTIA’s Laura Pettus was the final speaker at the APCO International Public Safety Broadband Summit on Tuesday, May 15. Pettus gave a brief overview of the public safety funding provisions of H.R. 3630. Section 6207 of the Act grants NTIA borrowing authority not to exceed $2B to implement Subtitle B – Governance of Public Safety Spectrum. Section 6301 of the Act grants NTIA borrowing authority not to exceed $135M to implement Section 6302 – State and Local Implementation. In each case, NTIA borrows the initial funds from the general fund of the Treasury prior to the deposit of auction proceeds into the Public Safety Trust Fund (PSTF).
Read full articleBradley County 9-1-1 Faces Revenue Crisis
May 8, 2012CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County 911 has requested $351,000 in local government funding to help it through ongoing revenue shortfalls.
Read full articleCounty Seeking Funds for 9-1-1 Project
April 23, 2012Allen County officials will meet with Fort Wayne to see whether the city’s share of an unexpected state windfall can be used to pay for some larger projects, such as the upgrade of the city-county 911 call center.
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