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<br />those threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the Nation. In order to provide recipients the
<br />ability to meet this objective, the policy set forth in FEMA’s IB 379, Guidance to State Administrative
<br />Agencies to Expedite the Expenditure of Certain DHS/FEMA Grant Funding, initially for FY 2007-2011,
<br />allows for the expansion of eligible maintenance and sustainment costs which must be in (1) direct
<br />support of existing capabilities; (2) must be an otherwise allowable expenditure under the applicable grant
<br />program; (3) be tied to one of the core capabilities in the five mission areas contained within the Goal,
<br />and (4) shareable through the EMAC. Additionally, eligible costs may also be in support of equipment,
<br />training, and critical resources that have previously been purchased with either federal grant or any other
<br />source of funding other than FEMA preparedness grant program dollars.
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<br />Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities Allowable Costs (SHSP and UASI)
<br />Activities eligible for the use of Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities (LETPA) focused
<br />funds include but are not limited to:
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<br />• Maturation, enhancement, and sustainment of designated state and major urban area fusion
<br />centers, including information sharing and analysis, threat recognition, terrorist interdiction, and
<br />training/ hiring of intelligence analysts;
<br />• Coordination between fusion centers and other intelligence, operational, analytic, or
<br />investigative efforts including, but not limited to JTTFs, Field Intelligence Groups (FIGs), High-
<br />Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS)
<br />Centers, criminal intelligence units, real-time crime analysis centers and DHS intelligence,
<br />operational, analytic, and investigative entities;
<br />• Implementation and maintenance of the nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR)
<br />Initiative (NSI), including training for front-line personnel on identifying and reporting
<br />suspicious activities, tips/leads, and online/social media-based threats, as well as the execution
<br />and management of threat assessment programs to identify, evaluate, and analyze indicators and
<br />behaviors indicative of terrorism, targeted violence, threats to life, and other criminal activity;
<br />• Management and operation of activities that support the execution of the intelligence process
<br />and fusion centers, including but not limited to: Fusion Liaison Officer (FLO) programs,
<br />security programs to protect the facility, personnel, and information, and the protection of
<br />privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.
<br />• Implementation of the “If You See Something, Say Something®” campaign to raise public
<br />awareness of indicators of terrorism and terrorism-related crime and associated efforts to
<br />increase the sharing of information with public and private sector partners, including nonprofit
<br />organizations. Note: DHS requires that all public and private sector partners wanting to
<br />implement and/or expand the DHS “If You See Something, Say Something®” campaign using
<br />grant funds work directly with the DHS Office of Partnership and Engagement (OPE) to ensure
<br />all public awareness materials (e.g., videos, posters, tri-folds, etc.) are consistent with DHS’s
<br />messaging and strategy for the campaign and compliant with the initiative’s trademark, which is
<br />licensed to DHS by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Coordination with
<br />OPE, through the Campaign’s Office (seesay@hq.dhs.gov), must be facilitated by the FEMA
<br />HQ Preparedness Officer;
<br />• Increase physical security, through law enforcement personnel and other protective measures,
<br />by implementing preventive and protective measures at critical infrastructure sites or at-risk
<br />nonprofit organizations;
<br />• Building and sustaining preventive radiological and nuclear detection capabilities, including
<br />those developed through the Securing the Cities initiative; and
<br />• Integration and interoperability of systems and data, such as computer aided dispatch (CAD)
<br />and record management systems (RMS), to facilitate the collection, evaluation, and assessment
<br />of suspicious activity reports, tips/leads, and online/social media-based threats.
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