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Attachment A <br />FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM <br />C. Authorized Program Expenditures <br />This section provides guidance on the types of expenditures that are allowable under <br />the SHSP. Please refer to the checklist in Appendix A: Authorized Program <br />Expenditures for additional information on authorized and unauthorized SHSP <br />expenditures. <br />Planning <br />SHSP funds may be used for a range of homeland security planning activities, including <br />the following: <br />Developing and implementing homeland security support programs and adopting <br />DHS national initiatives including but not limited to the following: <br />• Costs associated with the implementation and adoption HSPD -8 initiatives <br />• Costs associated with the implementation and adoption of NIMS <br />• Costs associated with the modifying existing incident management and <br />emergency operations plans to ensure proper alignment with the NRP <br />coordinating structures, processes, and protocols <br />• Establishment or enhancement of mutual aid agreements <br />• Development of communications and interoperability protocols and solutions <br />• Conducting local, regional, and tribal program implementation meetings <br />• Developing or updating resource inventory assets in accordance to typed <br />resource definitions issued by the NIC <br />• Design state and local geospatial data systems <br />• Development of related critical infrastructure terrorism prevention activities <br />including: <br />• Planning for enhancing security during heightened alerts, during terrorist <br />incidents, and /or during mitigation and recovery <br />• Public information /education: printed and electronic materials, public <br />service announcements, seminars /town hall meetings, web postings <br />coordinated through local Citizen Corps Councils <br />• Citizen Corps activities in communities surrounding critical infrastructure <br />sites, including Neighborhood Watch, VIPS, and other opportunities for <br />citizen participation <br />• Evaluating CIP security equipment and /or personnel requirements to <br />protect and secure sites <br />• CIP cost assessments, including resources (financial, personnel, etc.) <br />required for security enhancements /deployments. <br />Develop and enhance plans and protocols, including but not limited to: <br />• Develop or enhance emergency operations plans and operating procedures <br />• Develop terrorism prevention /deterrence plans <br />• Develop plans, procedures, and requirements for the management of <br />infrastructure and resources related to HSGP and implementation of State or <br />Urban Area Homeland Security Strategies <br />DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS <br />63 <br />