DHS Approves $1.3B in Preparedness Grants, Including $97M for Port Security
The Department of Homeland Security announced the allocation of $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2012 preparedness grant programs. DHS preparedness grants were reduced by nearly $1 billion from the FY 2011 enacted level and $1.5 billion below the President’s FY…
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2012 request, it said. Included in the FY2012 grants is more than $97 million to help protect critical port infrastructure from terrorism, enhance maritime domain awareness, and strengthen risk management capabilities in order to protect against improvised explosive devices and other non-conventional weapons, DHS said.