Comments on: Final thoughts for the week on the UASI grants

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By: Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » Homeland security grants: more GIGO

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:11:00 +0000

[...] These anecdotes add to the impression that there are serious flaws in the analytical process for homeland security grants – which creates a need for both better data and greater subjectivity (although not politically-influenced subjectivity – which is admittedly difficult) in the decision-making process. [...]

By: Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » UASI grant decisions: garbage in, garbage out?

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:30:45 +0000

[...] But I also think that DHS’s processes and methodologies for assessing risk are still immature, and they have become over-fixated on data (cf. Sec. Chertoff’s Mother of All Spreadsheets) of questionable value, and insufficiently focused on the holistic, qualitative elements of threat assessment. You can run the numbers in any which way, but that shouldn’t change the fact that NYC and DC are the top two terrorist targets in the United States – by far – and deserve to be treated as exceptional cases when these funding decisions are made. [...]

By: Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » Las Vegas UASI decision: garbage in, garbage out

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:29:23 +0000

[...] During the first week in January when the UASI grants were announced, I expressed puzzlement over the decision to drop Las Vegas from the list of high-threat cities, writing on January 6th: Shouldnâ€™t someone have done an intuitive gut check with the results, and asked â€œwhy is Las Vegas on our list of cities to stop funding? That makes no sense.â€ [...]

By: Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » Las Vegas UASI funding cut assessed

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 05:54:49 +0000

[...] Whatever it is, there clearly is something wrong with the model in this case, as I’ve stated previously. Given the fact that every terror expert quoted in the story found this to be an obviously wrong decision, perhaps there needs to be an increased role for expert ratings in the UASI risk assessment process. [...]

By: Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » Risk methodology overview and FAQ for UASI grants

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:59:05 +0000

[...] The ODP website now contains two documents that are very helpful in trying to understand the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant process: a “Discussion of the FY 2006 Risk Methodology” and a “Frequently Asked Questions” document. These two documents answer some of my questions about what went into the process to determine grant eligibility, a topic that I wrote about extensively at the beginning of January. [...]

By: Christian Beckner

Christian Beckner — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:26:04 +0000

Thanks for the link. I’ve glanced through that report before, but I’ll take a closer look again.

By: Tim Daniel

Tim Daniel — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:32:04 +0000

And Iâ€™ve yet to see a good analysis of why so much money is sitting there in the Treasury unspent. Is it because the feds are holding tight on the pursestrings? Is it because the processes are broken? Is it because states and/or cities are hoarding the funds once they get them? An answer to this question would be a useful addition to the debate that weâ€™re having on risk and grant funding.

For a good analysis please read the executive summary at: http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/HSAC-FundingTaskForceRpt0604-FINAL.pdf

As the former director of homeland security for the State of Missouri my opinion is the task force got it right. Correcting the problem requires leadership and cooperation between Congress and the Administration. I’ve been around this long enough to know not to hold my breath.