Newsweek
June 12, 2006 issue - Homeland Security officials slashed antiterror funding to New York City and Washington, D.C., while handing generous grants to Omaha, Louisville, Ky., and Charlotte, N.C.—even though, according to internal government documents obtained by NEWSWEEK, Homeland rated the New York City region and the "National Capitol Region" in the top 25 percent of urban areas at risk for possible terror attack. Why the cuts? One main reason: Homeland evaluation committees gave poor marks to the regions' grant applications, in which local officials spelled out how they'd use the antiterror dollars. New York's and D.C.'s grant proposals were ranked in the bottom 25 percent of all funding requests submitted—though the documents, marked for official use only, offered only vague indications that the proposals were inadequate with respect to "sustainability" and "implementation approach."
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13122390/site/newsweek/
June 12, 2006 issue - Homeland Security officials slashed antiterror funding to New York City and Washington, D.C., while handing generous grants to Omaha, Louisville, Ky., and Charlotte, N.C.—even though, according to internal government documents obtained by NEWSWEEK, Homeland rated the New York City region and the "National Capitol Region" in the top 25 percent of urban areas at risk for possible terror attack. Why the cuts? One main reason: Homeland evaluation committees gave poor marks to the regions' grant applications, in which local officials spelled out how they'd use the antiterror dollars. New York's and D.C.'s grant proposals were ranked in the bottom 25 percent of all funding requests submitted—though the documents, marked for official use only, offered only vague indications that the proposals were inadequate with respect to "sustainability" and "implementation approach."
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13122390/site/newsweek/
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