Homeland Security’s billion-dollar bet on better communications

By Sarah Laskow

Interoperability money aids Motorola and other contractors, but are first responders better off?

Excerpts from this story referencing "Project 25":

"… ors to design a crucial series of standards for interoperability, known as Project 25 or P25. Radios that met the P25 criteria in theory would work together, re …"

"… the standards were finished.“While states and localities have purchased Project 25 radios at the direction of DHS, there is little indication that these radi …"

"… ” the report stated. “Most jurisdictions we visited were not using the Project 25 capabilities.” DHS, however, boasted of “tremendous recent progress wi …"