NTIA awarded the first $13.1 million in grants...
NTIA awarded the first $13.1 million in grants of what is planned to be more than $100 million under the State and Local Implementation Grant Program to help states and localities prepare for FirstNet, it said Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/137X1bH). Colorado will…
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receive $2.5 million, Connecticut $1.4 million, Delaware $724,613, New York $4.86 million and Ohio $3.6 million, NTIA said. The agency said recipients must provide a match of at least 20 percent. The first phase of the implementation grant process is intended to help states bolster their points of contact and work with stakeholders and other entities. Other implementation grant funds will be awarded on a rolling basis, NTIA said. Its documents earlier this year (http://1.usa.gov/14a6oDf) said it anticipated awarding all grants no later than July 15. FirstNet is also extending its spectrum lease negotiating time period for both a group of broadband stimulus grantees as well as for the public safety broadband project of Harris County, Texas. FirstNet adopted two resolutions to that effect Monday, it said Wednesday (http://1.usa.gov/1bRcUIf). NTIA had suspended seven of the public safety broadband grant projects in May 2012 to make sure they didn’t conflict with FirstNet. FirstNet has attempted to negotiate spectrum leases with them since February to reactivate them as FirstNet pilot projects, and successfully negotiated one such lease with the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority last month (CD June 28 p11). FirstNet now has until Aug. 13 to negotiate with the other six, and through Aug. 29 to negotiate with Texas on the Harris County project, which was not funded through the same stimulus program.