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Attachment A <br />0 0 <br />Program Changes, Continued <br />National National Initiatives include: <br />Initiatives <br />• Implementing the National Incident Management System (NIMS) <br />• Implementing HSPD (Homeland Security Presidential Directive) 8 <br />• Implementing the National Response Plan (NRP), including the <br />Catastrophic Incident Response Annex (CIRA) to the NRP <br />• Achieving tactical interoperable communications <br />• Institutionalizing awareness training <br />• Public awareness and citizen participation <br />Section IV of the U.S. DHS Program Guidelines and Application Kit (v 2. 0), <br />beginning on page 47, provides details on these National Initiatives. <br />Employee On Page 41 of DHS' Program Guidelines and Application Kit, it is <br />Labor - stated that it is allowable to redirect "public safety officers" from <br />Redirected their normal duties to HSGP 05 allowable activities. This appeared to <br />Staff imply that non - "public safety officers ", however, could not be redirected <br />from their normal duties to HSGP 05 allowable activities. That is not <br />the case. Since the release of DHS' Program Guidelines and Application <br />Kit, ODP has confirmed that both "public safety officers" and <br />"non- public safety officers" can be redirected from their normal duties <br />to allowable HSGP 05 activities. In doing so, however, DHS does caution <br />subgrantees to follow all non - supplanting requirements. <br />Operational The federal DHS now allows up to 25% of the UASI and LETPP funds to be <br />Costs and used for certain operational expenses. See pages 26 and 72 of the U.S. DHS <br />Border Security program Guidelines and Application Kit (v 2. 0), for a full description of <br />allowable Operational costs. <br />Additionally, UASI and LETPP funding may be used for certain operational <br />costs in support of federal agencies for increased border security. See page <br />28 of the U.S. DHS Program Guidelines and Application Kit (v 2. 0), for a full <br />description of allowable Border Security costs. <br />Management The federal DHS has reduced the subgrantee Management and Administrative <br />and (M &A) allowance to a maximum of 2.5% of their subgrant on all HSGP 05 <br />Administrative programs. <br />Costs <br />Continued on next page <br />r i u:) riomeiana security c irant Program Page 15 <br />