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FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM - DECEMBER 2, 2005 In many cases, the RTSWG becomes a formal or, at a minimum, an ad-hoc component of the existing Urban Area Working Groups and/or historical transportation planning organizations (i.e., Metropolitan Planning Organizations) which have responsibility over transit issues. Within the port security arena, the FY 2006 Port Security Grant Program encouraged increased visibility of the Area Maritime Security Committees within Urban Areas in order to enhance their input into regional needs assessment and planning for port security grants. States and Urban Areas are strongly encouraged to support the RTSWG and the Area Maritime Security Committees as they are integral to the achievement of regional collaboration for transportation security. For more information on maritime security issues, refer to the National Strategy for Maritime Security which was released on September 20,2005, and is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/homcland/maritimc-securitv.htm!. The National Strategy for Transportation Security, which will provide a national, in-depth transportation security approach is expected to be released within the year. Emergency Medical Services Coordination Grantees should work closely to engage the EMS community in preparedness efforts. While G&T does not mandate how much money should be allocated to any particular discipline, Congress has raised concerns about how much funding is reaching the EMS community. As a result, Congress directed G&T in FY 2006 to evaluate how much funding is given to EMS providers and to require an explanation from any State not providing at least ten percent of its grant funding to EMS providers. States should be prepared to provide an explanation supporting EMS funding decisions to their Preparedness Officers upon request. B.S. Information Technolol!V National Information Exchange Model DHS, the DOJ, and their associated domains released the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM 0.1) in October 2005. The NIEM 0.1 establishes a single standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) foundation for exchanging information between DHS, DOJ, and supporting domains, such as Justice, Emergency Management, and Intelligence. The base technology for the NIEM is the Global JXDM. The NIEM will leverage both the extensive Global JXDM reference model and the comprehensive Global JXDM XML-based framework and support infrastructure. The intended uses of this initial release are: · To introduce NIEM to the broad NIEM stakeholder community within government and industry . . To provide the NIEM model and schemas as a base for creating exchange messages for the initial pilot projects that will validate and augment the standard. · To allow information technology and standards experts and users to provide feedback on the standard. . To begin to identify additional Universal, Common, and Domain-Specific components that could be added to future versions of the standard. To support homeland security, public safety, and justice information sharing, G&T requires all grantees to use the latest NIEM specifications and guidelines as follows regarding the use of XML for all HSGP awards: PREPAREDNESS D1RECTOHA TE'S OFFICE OF GRANTS AND TRAINING 24