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U.S. DOT Secretary LaHood to Announce TIGER Discretionary Grant Awards Early in Effort to Accelerate Recovery Spending
U.S. Department of Transportation will accelerate stimulus spending and announce $1.5 billion in TIGER Discretionary Grants as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act one month early. The TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program will award Recovery funds on a competitive basis to projects that have a significant impact on the nation, a region or metropolitan area and can create jobs and benefit economically distressed areas. To learn more about the TIGER Discretionary Grants click here.

Edward Byrne Memorial State Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (FY 2008 State Solicitations)
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by assisting state, local, and tribal efforts to prevent or reduce crime and violence.

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program allows states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system. JAG replaces the Byrne Formula and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) programs with a single funding mechanism that simplifies the administration process for grantees.

GMS On-line Training Tool
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs has released a Grants Management System (GMS) On-line Training Tool to assist grantees in administering their awards through the GMS. This On-line Training Tool provides step-by-step instructions to complete various functions within GMS, as well as the administrative policies associated with Grant Adjustment Notices, Progress Reporting, and Closeouts.

Funding Resources

United States Department of Transportation
Current funding opportunities from the Department of Transportation can be found the Grants.gov website.

Additional information on various programs dealing with funding for traffic safety activities is available here…

United States Department of Justice
Current funding opportunities available from the Department of Justice. Grant funding for DOJ component agencies can be accessed below.

• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

United States Department of Homeland Security
More information on Department of Homeland Security grants can be found here…

Specific DHS Office of Domestic Preparedness Grant Programs are listed below:

• Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grants

United States Department of Commerce
Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grants from the Department of Commerce is available to assist state and local first responders improve public safety communications during a natural or manmade disaster for all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories.

IACP Technology Talk Articles

Click here for recent monthly Technology Talk articles, which focus on law enforcement technology and information systems, that have appeared in IACP's Police Chief magazine. Each of these articles is related to traffic safety.

Technology Talk Archives
Click here for past articles from 1997-2009.