Access Control
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Seventy-six percent of cities have not received any money from the largest Homeland security program designed to assist first responders such as police, fire, and other local officials, according to a nationwide report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
According to the mayors' first survey, released last September, 90 percent of the 168 cities surveyed had not received any funding under the same federal Homeland security program. "Today's survey shows that there are still too many cities that have not received funds," says conference president and Hempstead mayor James A. Garner.
The nationwide report, entitled, the Second Mayors' Report to the Nation: Tracking Homeland Security Funds Sent to the 50 State Governments, is based on responses from 215 cities representing all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Some of the highlights:

• On federal first responder/critical infrastructure funding: Forty-five percent of cities had neither received funds nor been notified that they would.


• On state domestic preparedness: 64 percent had not received domestic preparedness funding through their states.


• On the Urban Area Security Initiative: 46 percent of the cities surveyed have not been involved in the state planning process for the use of the UASI funds; 63 percent say that their state is exercising its option to keep a portion of the UASI funds to complement state assets that assist urban areas.


• On airport law enforcement reimbursement: 46 percent of city airport operators have not been reimbursed for additional law enforcement costs associated with security at airport checkpoints.

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