Pilot Project - Securing the Cities Initiative

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	Federal Grant Title:	Pilot Project - Securing the Cities Initiative
	CFDA Number:	97.106
	CFDA Description:	Securing the Cities
	Federal Agency Name:	Office of Procurement Operations Grants Division
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	The Securing the Cities (STC)Initiative seeks to design and implement an architecture for coordinated and integrated preventative detection and interdiction of illicit radiological materials that may be used as a weapon (Radiation Dispersal Device (RDD) or Improvised Nuclear Device (IND)) within a high risk metropolitan area.
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DHS-10-DNDO-106-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 17, 2010
	Creation Date:	Mar 17, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 03, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 03, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jun 02, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$18,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$18,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: The effort covered by this announcement focuses on the New York City (NYC) region. Eligible entities under this announcement are State or local units of government, interstate or intrastate entities, or special districts, who will work with governmental entities serving jurisdictions within 45 miles of NYC. An application package must include participation by the following jurisdictions: States of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; NYC (New York City Police Department (NYPD), in particular), the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey (PANYNJ), and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Grant Description: The overall goal of the STC initiative is to reduce the risk of a Radiological/Nuclear (RN) attack on high-risk metropolitan areas by enhancing regional capabilities to detect and interdict illicit radioactive materials in and around metropolitan areas. One aspect of addressing this goal is providing assistance to State and local jurisdictions in and around major metropolitan areas that will enable these entities to build capabilities by: - Leveraging current technologies and deploying them regionally in a coordinated manner; - Designing, acquiring, and deploying the components of an operationally viable regional architecture for radiological/nuclear detection, focused on State and local jurisdictions; - Developing and implementing a common, multi-agency Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for sharing sensor data and resolving alarms within the sensor architecture; - Training and exercising by the regional agencies to execute this CONOPS to a high level of proficiency; and, - Evaluate and implement an equipment supportability concept to provide the ability to sustain operational capabilities upon the departure of STC financial assistance. Assistance provided through this STC Funding Opportunity Announcement will allow the regional stakeholders to continue scaled implementation of preventive radiological and nuclear detection operational capabilities. Subject to funding availability and an independent assessment, DNDO may execute the STC initiative in other regions in and around major metropolitan areas.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Janet Bailey Grants Specialist Phone 202-447-0362

Grants Specialist [janet.bailey@hq.dhs.gov]
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