$154M Grant for Los Angeles County’s Emergency Communications System Suspended
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Commerce suspended a $154 million grant to the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority, which is used to help coordinate county services during emergencies. The commerce department said the system is "severely behind schedule" and ordered the county to "stop all work immediately" on the project.
- "U.S. Suspends Funding for Troubled L.A. County Emergency System" (Merl, "L.A. Now," Los Angeles Times, 4/3).