Newscan: NSA reform bill passes House, despite loss of support from privacy advocates

In the Senate, Lieberman and Collins wrote a joint letter to the Super Committee that called for authorization of incentive auctions, reallocation of the D Block to public safety and network funding, while the House Homeland Security Committee was even more formal in its support.

"Now is the time. It's an investment that will make America safer, more secure and far more resilient," former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge said.

An Arkansas woman dies allegedly because a call-taker failed to enter her emergency call into the PSAP's computer-aided dispatch system.

Mike Newburn, wireless manager for Fairfax County, Va., discusses the passage of state legislation that allows school-bus drivers to leverage push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) technology instead of being limited to communicating via LMR technology. By implementing a PoC solution, local schools are projected to save more than $7 million, according to Newburn.