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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.