Notice of Availability of a Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) publishes this notice of availability to announce the Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
PSIC Final FONSI - April 2009.
Posted 4-22-2009

PSIC Investments: The Program has now approved 301 Investments from all 56 states and territories. For more information, please go to Awards.
Posted 2-23-2009

Notice of Availability of a Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Public Safety Interpoerable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) publishes this notice of availability to announce a 30-day comment period for a Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) written to evaluate the environmental impact of the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program. The Final PEA and Draft FONSI for the PSIC Grant Program are available for public review and comment on www.regulations.gov. The NTIA seeks public comment on the Final PEA and Draft FONSI from all interested parties.

Commerce’s NTIA and FEMA Release Report on Improving Public Safety Communications Nationwide: NTIA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a joint report today that analyzes proposed projects for the nearly $1 billion Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program. In September 2007, grants were awarded to help state and local first responders improve public safety communications and coordination during natural and man-made disasters.

PSIC Investments: As of September 30, 2008, the Program approved over 281 Investments. NTIA and FEMA program staff used information from the Investment Justification submissions to compile State-by-State Investment Summaries that capture the details of the approved Investments. For more information, please go to Awards.
Posted 10-22-2008

Revised Investment Justification Template: NTIA received valuable feedback from grant recipients and sub-recipients on limitations of the IJ Template. The IJ Template has been revised to allow more flexibility in meeting the 20 percent statutory match requirement.

PSIC Frequently Asked Questions and Allowable Costs Matrix: Additional information to help grantees and subrecipients prepare PSIC investments.

Request for PSIC Peer Reviewers: NTIA is accepting peer review applications to assist with the evaluation of Public Safety Interoperable Communications Investment Justifications and Statewide Communications Interoperability Plans.
Posted 10-22-2007

PSIC Grant Awards: On September 30, 2007, the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program awarded $968,385,000 to fund interoperable communications projects from the 56 States and Territories. The awards will help state and local first responders improve public safety communications during a natural or man-made disaster. For additional information, please go to Awards.
Posted 10-01-2007

PSIC Grant Program Investment Justifications Workshops: (NTIA) held four one-day workshops to assist public safety organizations plan and develop their PSIC Investments for potential awards. State Administrative Agencies must submit Investment Justifications by December 3, 2007. If you could not make one of these workshops, you can view the Powerpoint and Video for each segment of the workshop from the Technical Assistance page.
Posted 10-01-2007

PSIC Investment Justification Reference Guide (Acrobat PDF 2.58Mb): This guide is an aid to States and Territories in the development of their IJ. This Guide complements the PSIC Program Grant and Application Kit, which was originally released on July 18, 2007, and revised on August 16, 2007.
• PSIC Investment Justification Reference Guide (Word)
• Investment Justification Template(Excel)
Posted 09-19-2007

Federal Register Notice: Amendment to Notice of Availability of Funds
On July 23, 2007, NTIA published a Notice of Availability of Funds in the Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg. 40120, for the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program. On August 3, 2007, the President signed into law the Improving Emergency Communications Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-53, which amended Section 3006 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that authorized the PSIC Grant Program. This Notice provides amendments to PSIC Grant Program Notice of Availability of Funds.
(Printable version Acrobat PDF 50 Kb)
- Federal Register Notice: Amendment to Notice of Availability of Funds
- Brief Description of Modifications to PSIC Grant Program
- REVISED PSIC Program Guidance and Application Kit (Acrobat PDF 493 Kb)
- MODIFIED Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (Acrobat PDF 112 Kb)
Posted 08-16-2007