Broadband stimulus money to flow soon; How will public safety benefit? - Urgent Communications article

The Obama administration announced late last week that entities seeking broadband stimulus funding can begin to submit their applications on July 14 and will have until Aug. 14 to apply for the first round of funds that will be released by September.

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the agencies in charge of issuing a total of $7.2 billion for broadband deployments in underserved and unserved areas, issued a 121-page Notice of Funds Availability. The question is: How might the move benefit public safety?...