From the Department of Justice COPS Law Enforcement Technology Grant Account or OJP Byrne Discretionary Grants Account. Funding for this project is for the purchase and installation of state-of-the art communications console at the Troop H regional communications Head Quarters in Union County. The console being replaced is a 1980's vintage technology and parts are no longer available. New consoles are imperative as the states moves into the digital age and interoperable communications. Federal funding for NCSHP Communications Console modernization and enhancement is justified as numerous federal public service/safety agencies (Marshall Service, Forest Service, FEMA) depend on NCSHP communications capability. Federal funding is also justified because the state’s digital and interoperable communication systems continue to be among the nation's leaders---a model of full 800 MHz/700 MHz compliance, which are Congressional statutory and DOJ policy goals. Since the late 1990's US DOJ has frequently sent or brought officials from other states and nations to NC to observe/learn from the operation of the Criminal Justice Information System, NC's criminal justice data system. Recently, the state's work has become an example for the building of fully federally compliant 800 MHz/700 MHz interoperable voice communications systems.