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Congressional Appropriators Side with NLC, First Responders on Homeland Security Grants

By   /  May 19, 2012  /  Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

Both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations marked up legislation that rejected the National Preparedness Grant Program (NPGP). See article below. Senator Mary Landrieu summed it up in saying that “… major stakeholders wrote to us asking us not to include these reforms.” Senate to do mark-up Tuesday. Senate draft only funds “the big four grant programs” and [...]

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Governors Want Reform of Homeland Security Grant Programs

By   /  April 30, 2012  /  Grants & Funding, Homeland Security  /  No Comments

Speaking on behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA) about the need to reform homeland security grant programs, James Davis, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, told the House Committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on emergency preparedness, response and communications that “federal funding for homeland security grant programs has been reduced by more [...]

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Grants & Resources: Five Pitfalls to Avoid

By   /  April 4, 2012  /  Emergency Management, Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

This time of year, first responders across the country are gearing up to access federal and state funding to upgrade gear, enhance technology, improve communications, and recruit and train personnel. There are a number of good sources of funding that are either available now or will become available within a few weeks. However, the most [...]

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Counternarcotics, Terrorism & Intelligence Critics Question Effectiveness Of Proposed National Preparedness Grants At FEMA

By   /  March 23, 2012  /  Emergency Management, Grants & Funding, Homeland Security  /  No Comments

The consolidated grants program proposed to take effect at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in fiscal year (FY) 2013 met with criticism from lawmakers, mayors and congressional investigators Tuesday. Democrats particularly questioned the proposed consolidation of 16 individual grant programs into the National Preparedness Grant Program (NPGP), as outlined in the FY 2013 DHS [...]

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Senators Criticize DHS Plan for Consolidation of First-Responder Grants

By   /  March 23, 2012  /  Emergency Management, Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

Leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chafed Wednesday at both the substance and the process of a plan by the Department of Homeland Security to consolidate a variety of state and local first-responder grants into one pool. Panel Chairman Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn., disagreed with the department’s fiscal 2013 budget proposal [...]

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