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DHS Announces Grant Guidance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Preparedness Grants

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the release of FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcements for eight U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) preparedness grant programs totaling over $1.5 billion to assist states, urban areas, tribal and territorial governments, non-profit agencies, and the private sector in strengthening our nation’s ability to prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters and other emergencies in support of the National Preparedness Goal and the National Preparedness System.

Written testimony of DHS MGMT, CBP, ICE and TSA for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency hearing titled “The Impact of Sequestration on Homeland Security: Scare Tactics or Possible Threat?”

Department of Homeland Security Management Directorate Under Secretary Rafael Borras, U.S. Customs & Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Thomas Winkowski, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Dan Ragsdale and Transportation Security Administration Deputy Administrator John Halinski address sequestration and the important planning that has been undertaken to date by the Department, as well as the issues surrounding the Budget Control Act and the Department’s preparations for potential budget reductions and the impacts of sequestration.

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