More Than $116 Million Awarded to Assist States in FirstNet Planning

The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that 54 states and territories have been awarded $116 million in grants in fiscal year 2013 to help them plan for the national public safety broadband network to be built by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority within NTIA.

The grants were awarded through NTIA’s State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP), which supports states and territories with their planning, consulting and outreach activities as they work with FirstNet on deployment of this historic national broadband network dedicated to public safety. The latest awards include: AL - $2 million, American Samoa - $502,930, IL - $4 million, ME - $1 million, MI - $3.3 million, NH - $879,887, OK - $1.9 million, RI - $755,863, and WI - $2.2 million. States are required to provide a matching contribution of at least 20 percent.


More Than $116 Million Awarded to Assist States in FirstNet Planning