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Originally Posted by Richard
How much of that DHS $$ was used as originally intended?
Richard 
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Good question Richard. I think that the delta between intent and actual execution could be seen as significant. Grant dollars
intended to increase certain capabilities were (IMHO) not coordinated and resulted in some "good" at the local level but did not improve the overall H.S. landscape at the national level. This will be exasperated by the fact that systems and personnel that were funded through these programs are unsustainable in the current fiscal climate.
Back to Pete's point...that pork-chop that DHS had around it's neck is getting rotten and spoiled. Without it there will be little interest in pursuing certain goals simplly because the only thing that was moving the cheese were $$$. Less those, the States can go the way they want to go or will not be able to do anything even if they wanted to.
Take a look out there on the Federal dollars being thrown at Broadband...and what is proposed. The numbers are significant. As always the money will go to those who can write a good Grant Proposal. That's just the way it is.