DHS Establishes Priorities for Second Year: "Drawing from the strategic plan, the Secretary has identified seven key priorities for the second year of the department. Each of the priorities includes specific actions that the department is committed to achieve by March 1, 2005."

DHS to start wireless pilot projects: "The Department of Homeland Security will call for industry to propose innovative wireless interoperability solutions through a broad agency announcement to be issued at the end of March, said Rick Murphy, program manager for Project Safecom. "

We have to talk: "On Monday in Grand Island, a town hall meeting was held at City Hall to discuss a proposal before state lawmakers that could go a long way in improving communication for public safety providers in Nebraska."

Getting in touch: Should the city and county merge dispatch operations?: The City of Springfield (OH) and surrounding jurisdictions consider the costs and benefits of shared systems.

Military Information Technology: "The Global Information Grid (GIG) Architecture is the Department of Defense's enterprise architecture that will break down the communications, interoperability and security barriers to information dominance."