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<br />Attachment A <br /> <br />FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM <br /> <br />activities outside their core responsibilities. The OJP Office of the Comptroller does not <br />distinguish between Overtime and Overtime as Backfill - they are both viewed as <br />overtime regardless of whether the individual has performed more hours in their <br />normally assigned place of duty or if the overtime accrued as a result of being re- <br />assigned to a different place of duty. Overtime and backfill do not result in an increase <br />of full-time employees (FTEs). <br /> <br />Hiring. Hiring new personnel to undertake allowable ODP program activities. This may <br />also include expenses incurred where new personnel are hired to fulfill functions and <br />duties as a result of other existing personnel being reassigned full-time to perform ODP- <br />approved activities. In either case, this will result in an increase of FTEs, but can not <br />result in an increase in the number of FTE positions performing normal operational <br />duties. <br /> <br />Information Technoloqy Guidance <br />Extensible Markup Language (XML) Requirements. XML is a computer <br />programming language designed to transmit both data and the meaning of the data. <br />The XML specification defines a standard way to add markup language to documents, <br />identifying the embedded structures in a consistent way. By applying a consistent <br />identification structure, data can be shared between different systems, up and down the <br />levels of agencies, across the nation, and around the world, with the ease of using the <br />Internet. XML lays the technological foundation that supports interoperability and the <br />exchange of information to support DHS efforts in the prevention, preparedness, and <br />response to threats or acts of terrorism. . <br /> <br />To support homeland security, public safety, and justice information sharing, ODP <br />requires all grantees to use the Global Justice Data Model specifications and guidelines <br />regarding the use of XML for all HSGP awards. The grantee shall make available <br />without restriction all schemas (extensions, constraint, proxy) generated as a result of <br />this grant, as specified in the guidelines. The Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) <br />is intended to be a data reference model for the exchange of information within the <br />homeland security, justice, and public safety communities. GJXDM is a product of the <br />Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative's (Global) Infrastructure and Standards <br />Working Group (GISWG). It was developed by the GISWG's XML Structure Task Force <br />(XSTF). The Global Justice Data Model specifications and guidelines include the use of <br />XML to support the exchange of information within the homeland security, public safety, <br />and justice communities. <br /> <br />Most major software vendors fully support the general XML standard, and major <br />database vendors and their database applications provide software development "tools" <br />to assist homeland security technical staff to develop and use XML more efficiently and <br />productively within agency applications. The general XML standard is designed to be <br />independent of vendor, operating system, source application, destination application, <br />storage medium (database), and/or transport protocol. <br /> <br />Additionally, the use of XML allows homeland security personnel to share vital <br />information which no longer entails purchasing new systems or compromising one's <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS <br />40 <br /> <br /> <br />