,After the 9/11 Act: Homeland Security Grants Still Moving in the Wrong Direction

After the 9/11 Act: Homeland Security Grants Still Moving in the Wrong Direction


 

Publication Date: August 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Matt A. Mayer; James Jay Carafano

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Homeland defense; Homeland Security Grants; federal entitlement program; UASI

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The Department of Homeland Security is still struggling to keep homeland security grants from becoming just another federal entitlement, and Congress has passed a bill that will make the DHS's job more difficult. Congress needs to eliminate minimum grant allocations, boost matching requirements, consolidate grant categories, and require the DHS to conduct a full assessment of national capabilities.