PSCR gets new support from NIST as current federal funding set to expire in fall

SAN DIEGO—Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) will see its primary $300 million allocation from Congress expire this fall, but at least a portion of  this money will be offset by new funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), according to PSCR Division Chief Dereck Orr.

SOURCE: Urgent Communications

DATE: June 8, 2022

Orr made the announcement yesterday during remarks provided during the opening session of the PSCR 2022 Annual Stakeholder meeting in San Diego. Although PSCR has been a division of NIST, PSCR has been funded recently by a $300 million allocation from Congress—approved in the 2012 legislation that created FirstNet, with the money becoming available in 2016—that expires on Sept. 30.

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