Ogonowski releases plan for national readiness

With Massachusetts facing another decline in homeland security grants, Republican Jim Ogonowski today unveiled a detailed plan to ensure government readiness.

He is one of two Republicans vying to fill the 5th district congressional seat recently vacated by Martin T. Meehan, the new chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

In the plan, Ogonowski emphasizes the need for better communication between emergency management officials at different levels of government, to develop a nationwide public safety broadband network, and to improve the intelligence system to identify the risks of attacks on American soil.

For details on the plan, go here.

There also five Democrats in the race, an Independent, and a Constitution Party candidate. The primary is Sept. 4 and the general election is Oct. 16.