Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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IBSGP Appendix | 2023 Page E-2 Planning Planning activities should address the Soft Targets/Crowded Places; Cybersecurity; and Planning Priorities. IBSGP funds may be used for the following types of planning activities: •Development and enhancement of system-wide security risk management plans, to include cyber; •Development or further strengthening of continuity of operations plans, response plans, station action plans, risk assessments, and asset-specific remediation plans; •Development or further strengthening of security assessments, including multi-agency and multi- jurisdictional partnerships and conferences to facilitate planning activities; •Hiring of full- or part-time staff and contractors or consultants to assist with planning activities only to the extent that such expenses are for the allowable activities within the scope of the grant (not for the purpose of hiring public safety personnel); hiring of contractors/consultants must follow the applicable federal procurement requirements at 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317-200.327; •Materials required to conduct planning activities; •Conducting risk and resilience assessments on increasingly connected cyber and physical systems, on which security depends, using the Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework and related CISA resources; •Planning activities related to alert and warning capabilities; and •Other project planning activities with prior approval from FEMA. Operational Activities Operational Activities should address the Soft Targets/Crowded Places Priority. FEMA encourages applicants to develop innovative operational approaches to enhance the security of transportation systems. Examples include: •Establishing or improving emergency communication systems linking drivers and over-the-road buses to company operation centers, law enforcement agencies or emergency response personnel; •Acquiring and installing equipment or systems that collect, store or exchange passenger and/or driver information with established government databases for security purposes; and •Implementing and operating established methodologies for screening passengers, their carry-on baggage, and/or their checked baggage, for weapons and/or explosives. Equipment and Capital Projects Equipment and Capital Projects should address the Soft Targets/Crowded Places; Cybersecurity; and Equipment/Capital Projects Priorities. Equipment – Vehicle/Driver Security Enhancements Vehicle Security Enhancements focus on vehicle disabling and anti-theft devices, real-time bus inventory and inventory control, tracking, monitoring, alert and warning capabilities, and locating technologies. Driver security enhancements focus on protection for the bus driver to prevent would-be terrorists from immobilizing the driver and/or hijacking the bus. Applicants are discouraged from submitting projects that propose the use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) alone as an on-board deterrent to terrorism. Rather, any cameras should have the capability and protocols in place for incident-based real-time monitoring. CCTV Systems that are primarily archival, and do not clearly specify the ability for live monitoring in the Investment Justification (IJ) will not be funded.