Statewide Interoperable Communications Plans (SCIP) Implementation Report

FISCAL YEAR

2009

INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY COMMU ICATIONS

GRANT PROGRAM

GUIDANCE AND ApPLICATION KIT

NOVEMBER

2008

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

government as a condition of receiving grant funds or resources. In administering the
program, the SM must work with the POCs, stakeholders, and eligible applicants to
comply with the following general requirements.
1. SCIP Implementation Reports
The 9/11 Act requires States and territories to submit annual reports to OEC on
progress in implementing that State's SCIP and achieving interoperability at the
interstate, State, county, regional, and city levels as a condition of receiving funding.
OEC developed a SCIP Implementation Report for all 56 States and territories based on
a comprehensive review of each respective SCIP. Each State and territory will be
required to update its SCIP Implementation Report within 30 days after the end of the
IECGP reporting period (july 30 for the reporting period of January 1 through June 30).
Beginning in FY 2009, States and territories are encouraged to begin aligning SCIPs to
the NECP. By the end of Calendar Year 2010, alignment will need to be reflected in the
SCIP Implementation Reports.
2. Grant funds

The SM must obligate 80 percent of the funds awarded under IECGP to local and tribal
governments within 45 days of receipt of the funds. No pass-through requirements will
be applied to the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Each State (as well as Puerto Rico) may retain a portion of the 80 percent pass-through
for expenditures made by the State on behalf of local or tribal governments. This may
occur only with the written consent of the local or tribal unit of government, with the
written consent specifying the amount of funds to be retained and the intended use of
funds.

3. Priority Guidance
As stated in the Program Funding Goals Section, funding retained by the State or
territory must be used to achieve the objectives in Priority Group 1 prior to selecting
projects to address the objectives in Priority Group 2.
Before moving to Priority Group 2, the Investment Justification must demonstrate that
the State or territory has achieved or will achieve through IECGP funding the following
Priority Group 1 objectives:
• Establishment of a formal statewide interoperability governing body consistent
with the FY 2007 Statewide Planning Criteria, which haso
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Representation from each public safety discipline (e.g., emergency
medical services [EMS], fire, law enforcement.)
Representation across each level of government-Federal, State, local
and tribal (if applicable)
Representation from each region within the State or territory (as
applicable, and/or defined in the SCIP)
Executive or )egislative authority and a formal charter

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