DHS to award port security grants this week

DHS to award port security grants this week    The Department of Homeland Security will announce the recipients of its fiscal year 2009 infrastructure protection and preparedness grants on April 8, according to Ross Ashley, assistant administrator of the Grant Programs Directorate.
   The directorate, a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will distribute almost $1 billion, including $388.6 million for port security grants. Other grant programs managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency support activities such as transit, trucking and state homeland security efforts, regional catastrophe preparedness, and interoperable emergency communications. ' Eric Kulisch