STRUCTURING HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS: FLORIDA'S LOCAL FINANCE OFFICIALS EVALUATE THE FUNDING PROCESS

From: Public Finance and Management | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Caruson, Kiki; MacManus, Susan A | Copyright information

Abstract

Homeland security preparedness is largely a local government activity. A fall 2005 survey of Florida city and county finance/ budget officials evaluates the fairness and adequacy of available federal and state homeland security funding from a local government perspective. Local officials were asked to evaluate federal and state funding allocations, competing approaches to the distribution of homeland security grant funding, the balance between response and prevention funding, ...

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