Homeland Security Blames Drastic Funding Cuts For DC On Region's ‘Lack Of Innovation'...

Washington Post Mary Beth Sheridan June 10, 2006 at 11:41 AM
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The Department of Homeland Security sharply cut the Washington region's anti-terrorism funding in part because its grant application was among the weakest nationwide -- with one proposal scoring so low that money cannot be drawn without federal permission, officials said.

The region's spending proposals were less innovative and less likely to produce sustained, high-impact results than those submitted by other cities, DHS officials said. The application ranked in the bottom 25 percent of those submitted by urban areas from across the country.

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