The budget also includes $82 million in reserve funding and $145 million in network reinvestment.

Expanding the network's "deployables fleet" and improving in-building coverage fall under six priorities outlined in FirstNet's latest planning document.

The contract will allow Verizon and AT&T to provide dedicated service to public safety agencies in Massachusetts.

San Jose, California, will equip 10 agencies — including police, fire and environmental services — with devices that run on the new network for public-safety communications.

More than 7,250 public safety agencies have signed onto FirstNet, according to AT&T, the contractor building the network. Officials say mission-critical capabilities will be rolled out throughout the year.

The FirstNet board established a set of principles for investments into the network, signaling an intention to build a roadmap to guide future improvements.

On GIS Addressed, former Florida emergency management CIO Richard Butgereit says GIS is still underused and underfunded in disaster response.

After recent leadership changes, the public safety network's governing body is full again.

The app, Explorer for ArcGIS, provides ArcGIS capabilities to agencies that might otherwise struggle to securely share mapping data.