National 911 Profile Database open for 2013 data collection

One reason some states do not participate is because “some do not have legal authority to collect the data.” But despite possible legal hurdles, the states generally are doing “surprisingly well” collecting the data and in implementing NG-911. Flaherty said.

“We will have more information at the end of the year,” Flaherty said.

In the interim, the National 911 Program is tracking the progress of data submission on its website (http://resourcecenter.911.gov/code/9-1-1ProfileDatabase.aspx).

One area that the states are doing well in is how they are using the grant money they received to help implement NG-911, Flaherty said.

“It is impressive to see how little of the money was used for overhead,” she said. “Less than 1% went to administrative costs. Most of the money went to hardware and software. Some was used for consulting fees, but the states indicated that they would need to hire people to set things up.

“It is exciting to see how well they are doing. There are still some very basic questions that we are still not able to answer, but hopefully we will get to those through this new round of data.”