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Agency Summary
Department of Homeland Security



Financial Status

Weekly Progress
Source: Agency Financial and Activity Report
as of 2009-05-14
Financial and Activity Report

Report Date: 2009-05-08View History

 Financial Status:
  • Total Available: $352,120,862
  • Total Paid Out: $7,132
 Major Actions Taken to Date:
  • TSA:
  • - Hiring Plans are in place.
  • - Press release issued with TSA checked baggage screening projects listed.
  • - Issued conditional letters to airports indicating project consideration.
  • - Spend plan submitted to the Appropriations Committees on April 3, 2009
  • - Spend plan briefed to the Appropriations Committees on April 9, 2009
  • - TSA hosted a training symposium for recipients of EBSP FY09/ARRA funding
  • - Began working with OIG on the plan for use of funds provided in the Act.
  • - DHS press release announced initial awards of $50 million in ARRA funds for explosive detection systems and advanced
  • technology X-ray units on May 8, 2009.
  • - Obligated ~$47 million for EBSP equipment and ~$3 million for PSP equipment
  • USCG:
  • - Funding has been allocated to the ( Acquisition, Construction and Improvements (AC&I $98M) to the program office
  • - Funding has been allocated to the (Alteration of Bridges (AB $142M) to the Coast Guard program office
  • - Submitted planned obligations and outlay data (by month) for the AC&I and AB Programs
  • - Mobile Bridge project was advertised. Bid Documents of EJ&E Bridge completed
  • - Preliminary planning documentation and outlay projections completed on all shore infrastructure projects
  • - Analysis, planning, and preliminary engineering design
  • documentation completed on vessel projects.
  • - Obligated $459K of AC&I funds for the Coast Guard 378 Foot High Endurance Cutter Project
  • - Funding provided to Facilities Design and Construction Center ($7M) to exercise option on current contract for CGC
  • Sycamore Cordova Housing Phase IV.
  • - Began first phase of DHS IG audit of ARRA AC&I and AB projects.
  • - Bid solicitations for Mobile Bridge and Burlington Bridge were advertised.
  • - Pre-bid meeting of Mobile Bridge was held on May 5, 2009
  • - Bid solicitation for the EJ&E Bridge was completed
  • USM - $198.9M obligated at GSA on 4/27/09. Committed $450K for Site Survey Team.
  • FEMA:
  • - Emergency Food & Shelter:
  • - Complete Congressional notifications of award April 9, 2009
  • - Awarded funds to the National Board of the Emergency Food and Program April 9, 2009.
  • ICE:
  • - Spend plan submitted to the Appropriations Committees on April 3, 2009
  • - Developed preliminary estimates of the communications network infrastructure required to upgrade
  • Boston and Denver Regions.
  • - Submitted Project 25 (P25) equipment and limited services procurement package for the Boston and Denver Regions
  • Denver Regions to Office of Acquisition Management (OAQ)
  • - Developed preliminary schedule for Boston and Denver Region P25 Upgrade initiative
  • count, and equipment list for the coverage areas.
  • - Submitted Tactical Communications Recovery Act Project Plan
  • - Submitted Wireless Communications Kit procurement package to ICE Office of Acquisitions (OAQ)
  • - Completed draft of Mobile Communications Systems procurement package
  • - Completed edits from internal review of Recovery Act Plan and submitted for DHS review.
  • CBP:
  • - Agency spend plans have been forwarded to Appropriations Committees.
  • - Ports of Entry - Initiated outreach to landowners and surrounding
  • communities to begin site surveys and environmental assessments. Completed Acquisition Plan (AP) on 4/28/09.
  • - Tactical Communications - Briefed the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) at the National Telecommunications
  • and Information Administration (NTIA) on the CBP mission and the Tactical Communications and SBInet projects
  • to lay the groundwork for establishing partnerships on achieving our spectrum requirements.
  • Met with SBInet and the DHS Director of Acquisition Program Management to start planning for the mini-ARB
  • in support of the Tactical Communications Procurement Process.
  • - Met with ICE to discuss procurement and contracting strategies to demonstrate coordinated execution of CBP'
  • respective Tactical Communications funding. Met with the Executive Director of CBP's Facilities Management
  • and Engineering to developed strategies for streamlining site leasing and asset management for modernization
  • in Houston, ME.; continued to develop the OneNet migration strategy.
  • - NII - met with Procurement on Acquisition Strategy to support the $100M
  • for several different types of contracts, and is now in process of preparing acquisition documents.
  • NII is submitting the ARRA Procurement Requests through the standard approval process as individual PRs for the $100M.
  • The first 3 Large Scale (LS) Purchase Requisitions (PR) for $57.2M are in process and are at the CIO for approval in May 2009.
  • Small Scale (SS) NII has 5 PRs moving through the DHS approval process for $11M for CIO approval in May 2009.
  • Provided 2 document packages for LS and SS NII to the OIG audit Team.
 Major Planned Actions:
  • TSA - Negotiate with airports on OTAs
  • USCG:
  • - Bid solicitation advertisements for the Burlington Bridge project
  • - Complete bid documentation of Burlington Bridge project
  • - Continue planning documentation for final shore
  • infrastructure project.
  • - Continue engineering design documentation for vessel projects.
  • - Award of option on existing contract for $7M to complete Cordova Housing Project.
  • - Complete bid documentations of Galveston Bridge project.
  • - Oversee award the construction contract of Mobile Bridge and Burlington Bridge
  • USM - Plan to obligate remaining funds by 9/30/09.
  • FEMA: State & Local Programs/Firefighters Assistance Grants:
  • - Will issue grant guidance June/July 2009
  • - Receipt and review of grant applications July/August 2009
  • - Grants will be awarded September/December 2009
  • ICE:
  • - Develop procurement package for Hub Upgrade Generator Power System
  • - Develop Mobile Communications System procurement package
  • - Develop HUB Upgrade Infrastructure Brand Name J&A and submit to OAQ.
  • - Develop HUB Upgrade Generator Power System procurement package
  • - Develop Mobile Communications System procurement package
  • - Submit Mobile Communications Systems procurement package for ICE Acquisition Management Branch (AMB) review
  • - Develop draft of Hub Upgrade Generator Power System procurement package
  • - Submit HUB Upgrade Generator Power System procurement package for ICE AMB review
  • CBP:
  • - Ports of Entry - Plans to issue Interagency Agreements (IAs) with General Services Admin. (GSA)
  • and US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for a total of $286,363,725 by 5/13/09;
  • Issue multiple pre-solicitation notices for upcoming Requests for Proposal (RFP) by 5/18/09;
  • Issue multiple RFPs by 6/25/09 for multiple design/build project contract awards by 8/16/09.
  • - SBInet - Initiate procurement and deployment of near-term
  • existing technology, June/July 2009.
  • - Non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems - Estimated contract award
  • of 5/29/2009 for the first of approx. 5 or 6 awards. All awards should
  • be completed by the 4th quarter of FY09. Two LS-NII PRs are in development for 20.2M.
  • - Tactical Communications - Estimated contract award July 2009;
  • initiate procurement & conduct radio site construction activities;
  • Develop white paper explaining the role of the IP console and
  • infrastructure upgrade in response to request from the House
  • Appropriations Committee staff.

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