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Anti-Terrorism Grants for Cities at Risk

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

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In the midst of last month’s manhunt to find the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Massachusetts police received a tip about a trail of blood leading to a resident’s covered boat.

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City of Atlanta losing UASI grants despite its high profile

By   /  April 29, 2013  /  Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

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The city of Atlanta is losing DHS grant money used to strengthen the city’s ability to protect against a terrorist attack. Despite being home to recent high profile events such as the NCAA’s Final Four, federal records show the amount of money allocated to Atlanta through urban area security grants has dropped from $13 million [...]

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Boston 10th in Funds Received for ‘High Threat’ Urban Areas

By   /  April 24, 2013  /  Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

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Terrorism has been in the headlines in Boston before. Ten al-Qaida hijackers departed from Boston’s Logan airport on Sept. 11, 2001. And in 2012, Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury, Mass., a Boston suburb, was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaida. But when the Department of Homeland Security originally assessed the threat of terror to 65 [...]

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Problems Persist in Antiterrorism Grant Programs

By   /  January 15, 2013  /  Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

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Long-noted problems persist in how several U.S. states and territories are handling federal antiterrorism dollars, Homeland Security Department auditors told lawmakers last month. Auditors previously identified multiple deficiencies in how Colorado and Georgia were monitoring local governmental entities that were given federal funding distributed by states.

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National Homeland Security Coalition Defends Disaster Grants to the Nation’s Cities

By   /  December 7, 2012  /  Grants & Funding  /  No Comments

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Responding to a report issued earlier this week by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) on the effectiveness of homeland security grants to high threat urban areas, Julia Janka, president of the National Homeland Security Coalition, called the report’s conclusions inaccurate and misleading. “Homeland Security grant funds are critical for strengthening state and local capacity to prevent, [...]

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