(CBS/AP) Four U.S. cities will get a fresh infusion of federal anti-terror grant money, and four others will be cut off from such grants, under a new government list of urban areas considered at serious risk of attacks.
The Department of Homeland Security expects to provide $1.7 billion in state and local grants in 2007 to help fund counter-terrorism programs and protect critical infrastructure — that’s less than the amount allocated last year.
According to CBS News correspondent Bob Orr, DHS will funnel almost $900 million to states, with an additional $747 million to be earmarked for cities — with six large urban areas getting the lion's share.
The lists of 45 metropolitan areas eligible from DHS grants differs slightly from last year’s. Four cities not eligible last year were added and will receive grants for the first time: El Paso, Tex., and Tucson, Ariz. (due to their proximity to the Mexican border); Norfolk, Va. (close to sensitive military installations); and Providence, R.I.
Four cities, however, were dropped from the list: Toledo, Ohio; Baton Rouge, La.; Louisville, Ky.; and Omaha, Neb.
The agency spared several other cities that were warned in 2006 that they might be cut off. Those spared cities were Las Vegas, Nev.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Oklahoma City; Tampa, Fla.; San Diego, Calif.; Sacramento, Calif.; and Phoenix, Ariz.
That's an interesting article jelljam.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/05/national/main2333394.shtml
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