OpportunityTitle: Remote Community Alert Systems Program 2009
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are State Governments, U.S.   Territories or Possessions and Tribal Communities. This restriction is   needed to efficiently manage the potential number of applications.
Description: The Remote Community Alert Systems Program 2009 represents a NOAA/NWS effort to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote communities effectively underserved by commercial mobile service for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency messages. These activities will engage the private sector, academia, and States in opportunities and technologies to further disseminate emergency messages. This program is a contributing element of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act. NOAA&apos;s program is designed to complement other agency contributions to that national effort. The Federal Communications Commission has defined a ``remote&apos;&apos; area to consist of a county with a population density of 100 persons per square mile or less, based on the most recently available Census data. Also, ``commercial mobile service&apos;&apos; means those services that are required to provide E911 services in accordance with Section 20.18 of the Commission&apos;s rules. ``Effectively underserved&apos;&apos; identifies ``remote communities&apos;&apos; that do not receive ``commercial mobile service&apos;&apos; as demonstrated by coverage maps, technical analysis, field tests, or any other reasonable means. The program priorities for this opportunity support NOAA&apos;s mission support goal of: Weather and Water--Serve Society&apos;s Needs for Weather and Water Information.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For application download issues
GrantorContactText: Steve  Drescher &lt;br/&gt;Policy Advisor &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-713-0926
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be received and validated   by Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EST March 27, 2009.        Please Note: It may take Grants.gov up to two (2) business days   to validate or reject the application. Please keep this in mind in   developing your submission timeline. Both hard copy and electronic   proposals received after that time will not be considered for   funding and will be returned to the applicant. The submission date   on proposals submitted through Grants.gov will be the time and date   indicator in the Grants.gov submission. For proposals submitted by   hard copy, the submission date will be the time stamp on the   received documents. Hard copy applications must be received by NOAA/  NWS no later than 5 p.m., March 27, 2009.