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FY 2011 UASI Allocations <br />FY 2011 UASI funds will be allocated based upon the DHS' risk methodology and <br />effectiveness. <br />Allocations Based Upon DHS' Risk Methodology <br />Eligible candidates for the FY 2011 UASI program have been determined through an <br />analysis of relative risk of terrorism faced by the 100 most populous metropolitan <br />statistical areas in the United States, in accordance with the 9/11 Act. Based on that <br />analysis, the eligible candidates have been grouped into two tiers according to relative <br />risk. Tier I includes the 11 highest risk areas and will be allocated 81.6 percent (81.6 %) <br />of the total UASI funding available; Tier II includes the other 20 candidate areas and will <br />be allocated the remaining 18.4 percent (18.4 %) of the total UASI funding available. <br />The tier approach was employed to allow applicants with a similar level of risk to <br />26 <br />