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NTIA is seeking the Office of Management and Budget’s “emergency...

NTIA is seeking the Office of Management and Budget’s “emergency review” of the $135 million FirstNet state and local implementation grants, according to a notice published Monday in the Federal Register. NTIA wants to award the grants “no later than…

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June 1, 2013” and to begin the application process in the first quarter of 2013, the notice said (http://xrl.us/bn8o9r). NTIA said it “must receive clearance for the [grant] application and reporting requirements” by Monday, the day the notice was published. That deadline matters, NTIA said: to “(1) ensure applicants have reasonable notice of the federal funding opportunity; (2) provide applicants sufficient time to complete and submit their applications; and (3) allow NTIA adequate time to properly execute the application review process and make the awards.” OMB declined comment on the review’s status but according to the notice is set to receive comments and recommendations through Jan. 7.