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Zika Response Funding: In Brief (open access)

Zika Response Funding: In Brief

This report presents the Administration's request for supplemental appropriations for the Zika response. It includes sections outlining Congressional actions, the emergency supplemental appropriations request for Zika response efforts -- by both U.S. health and human services agencies and international assistance programs -- and information about unobligated Ebola response funds.
Date: April 28, 2016
Creator: Epstein, Susan B. & Lister, Sarah A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress (open access)

The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), which is a federal agency that includes private sector and other non-federal representation on its board of directors. It examines the challenges for public safety leaders and policymakers in establishing the framework for a nationwide network that meets state, local, tribal and territorial needs for robust, interoperable emergency communications.
Date: April 28, 2016
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library