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Attachment A FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM Planning LETPP funds may be used for a range of law enforcement terrorism prevention planning activities, including the following: • Development of and planning for information/ intelligence sharing groups • Conducting point vulnerability analyses and assessments • Soft target security planning (public gatherings) • Develop border security operations plans in coordination with CBP • Developing, implementing and reviewing Area Maritime Security Plans for ports, waterways, and coastal areas • Updating and refining threat matrices • Acquiring systems allowing connectivity to federal data networks, such as National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), as appropriate • Designing and developing state and local geospatial data systems • Costs associated with the implementation and adoption of NIMS • Developing related critical infrastructure terrorism prevention activities including: • Planning for enhancing security during heightened alerts, during terrorist incidents, and /or during mitigation and recovery • Public information /education: printed and electronic materials, public service announcements, seminars /town hall meetings, web postings • Citizen Corps activities in communities surrounding Cl sites, to include Neighborhood Watch, VIPS, and other opportunities for citizen participation • Evaluating CIP security equipment and /or personnel requirements to protect and secure sites Operational Activities In support of FY05 LETPP efforts to provide law enforcement communities with enhanced capabilities for detecting, deterring, disrupting, and preventing acts of terrorism, states and local governments may use FY05 LETPP funds to support select operational activities. No more than 25% of the gross amount of the LETPP award may be used for the operational expenses and overtime costs for the organizational activities noted below, which includes the operational costs in Operational Costs Guidance on page 25. These funds may be used for the following three (3) operational activities: 1. Grantees and subgrantees may use LETPP funds for select operational expenses associated with increased security measures at critical infrastructure sites, incurred during time periods of DHS- declared Orange Alert. Funds may only be used in the following authorized categories: • Backfill and overtime expenses for staffing state or local EOCS • Hiring of contracted security for critical infrastructure sites • Public safety overtime • National Guard deployments to protect critical infrastructure sites, including all resources that are part of the standard National Guard deployment package DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 75