The Economic Recovery Act of 2009 - In the News

News from the Department

August 7, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $42 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Explosive Detection Systems at Three Airports
  Secretary Napolitano announced $42 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) funding for the construction of new inline baggage handling systems at Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Honolulu International Airport (HNL) and Kahului Airport (OGG)—projects designed to streamline passenger check-in and improve explosives detection capabilities.

July 29, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $78 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Transit Security Officers and Equipment
  Secretary Napolitano announced nearly $78 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) funding for approximately 240 new law enforcement officers at 15 transit systems across the country to enhance the nation's ability to guard against acts of terrorism.

July 28, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $7.7 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Airport Surveillance
  Secretary Napolitano announced approximately $7.7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the installation of new closed circuit television systems at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Spokane International, Gerald R. Ford International and Boise, Idaho airports.

June 22, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $15 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Orlando International Airport
  Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced approximately $15 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the construction of two new inline baggage handling systems at Orlando International Airport (MCO).

June 18, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $6 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Jackson Hole Airport
  Secretary Napolitano announced approximately $6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for the construction of a new inline baggage handling system at Jackson Hole Airport.

June 15, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $26 Million for Screening Technology at Philadelphia Airport
  Secretary Napolitano announced approximately $15 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for the construction of a new inline baggage handling system at San Francisco International Airport on June 11, 2009.

June 11, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $15 Million in Recovery Act Funding for San Francisco International Airport
  Secretary Napolitano announced approximately $15 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for the construction of a new inline baggage handling system at San Francisco International Airport on June 11, 2009.

May 29, 2009

• DHS Announces Guidance for More than $500 Million in Recovery Act-Funded Preparedness Grants
  The Department of Homeland Security released application guidance for more than $500 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency preparedness grants for fire station construction, port and transit security, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on May 29, 2009.

May 8, 2009

• DHS Announces First ARRA Transportation Security Technologies Awards
  Secretary Janet Napolitano announced initial awards of $50 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for explosive detection systems and advanced technology X-ray units that will streamline baggage screening and enhance security capabilities at airports nationwide.

April 20, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces ARRA Funding of Coast Guard Improvement Projects
  Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that a series of U.S. Coast Guard projects designed to provide critical improvements and create jobs will be funded by an infusion of $240 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

April 9, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces $100 Million in ARRA Funds for Emergency Food and Shelter Program
  Secretary Napolitano announced 100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), provided through a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant.

April 1, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Announces ARRA Funding for Southwest Border Ports of Entry
  Secretary Napolitano, visiting San Diego's Otay Mesa Port of Entry on the first leg of her three-day tour of California, Mexico and Texas, announced more than $20 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for Otay Mesa improvements and gave more details on how ARRA dollars will be spent along the U.S.-Mexico border.

March 27, 2009

• Secretary Napolitano Rolls out DHS Efficiency Review Initiative
  Secretary Napolitano unveiled the DHS Efficiency Review initiative, a major program to improve efficiency and streamline decision-making through a series of agency-wide initiatives ranging from eliminating non-mission critical travel to acquiring enterprise licenses for commonly used software, which are collectively expected to lead to hundreds of millions of dollars in cost avoidance.

March 5, 2009

• DHS Recovery Act Aviation Projects to Create 3,000 Jobs
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced $1 billion in aviation security projects to be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• Secretaries Donovan and Napolitano Announce Hurricane Recovery Funding for Louisiana
  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Donovan announced hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to Louisiana to stimulate long-term recovery in the wake of last year’s devastating hurricane season and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

March 3, 2009

• Economic Recovery Money Will Create Jobs While Making America Safer
  The Department of Homeland Security released some details of the projects being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, recently passed in both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Obama. The total amount going to the Department and to the General Services Administration in support of Department programs is $3.5 billion.

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News from other sources

June 24, 2009

• Orlando Gets $15m Grant for Baggage Screening Systems (airport-technology.com)
  Orlando International Airport in the U.S. will receive $15m from the Department of Homeland Security for the construction of two new inline baggage handling systems.

June 23, 2009

• OIA gets $15M for improved screening of bags (orlandosentinel.com)
  Orlando International Airport will receive $15 million to finish overhauling its checked-bag screening systems to make them quicker, more secure and simpler for passengers.

June 22, 2009

• Orlando airport getting federal money for baggage system (tbo.com)
  Orlando International Airport will receive about $15 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for two new inline baggage handling systems, federal officials said.

June 19, 2009

• Jackson Hole Airport Gains $6 Million in Recovery Act Funding (aviationnews.net)
  Secretary Napolitano announced approximately $6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the construction of a new inline baggage handling system at Jackson Hole Airport.

June 16, 2009

• Phila. airport gets money for new screening steps (philly.com/inquirer)
  Philadelphia International Airport received $26.6 million in federal economic-stimulus money yesterday for construction of two new baggage-screening and explosive-detection systems.

June 15, 2009

• Philly airport getting $26M for baggage system (philly.com)
  Philadelphia International Airport is getting $26 million in federal stimulus money to upgrade its baggage security system.

June 12, 2009

• San Francisco airport to get new $15M for baggage system (usatoday.com)
  San Francisco International Airport is getting $15 million in federal stimulus money for a new baggage handling system that officials say will speed up the check-in process and improve security.
• Feds give SFO $15 million for security project (sfgate.com)
  San Francisco International Airport got first dibs on federal stimulus money aimed at airport safety Thursday when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano flew into town to announce that $15 million will go to build a new baggage system with advanced explosive-detection abilities.
• SFO scores $15 million from stimulus (bizjournals.com)
  U.S. Homeland Security officials sent $15 million in federal stimulus cash to San Francisco International Airport to help pay for a more streamlined baggage handling system.

June 11, 2009

• Napolitano flies in to deliver $15M check (sfexaminer.com)
  Secretary Napolitano stopped by to deliver a $15 million federal stimulus check that will pay for a high-tech baggage system for the soon-to-be-revived Terminal 2.
• SFO To Get $15M In Stimulus Funds For Baggage Security System (ktvu.com)
  U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano took a tour of San Francisco International Airport Thursday before announcing stimulus funding for a new inline baggage handling system at one of the airport's terminals.

June 1, 2009

• Stimulus Provides $500M in Disaster Preparedness Funds (globalsecuritynewswire.org)
  The U.S. economic stimulus package includes more than $500 million in new funding for counterterrorism programs and other disaster relief efforts, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

May 29, 2009

• DHS issues guidance for fire station stimulus grants (firerescue1.com)
  Grants will be awarded to fire departments to build new or modify existing fire stations in order to "enhance response capabilities and protect communities from fire-related hazards."
• Dodd encourages Connecticut fire departments to apply for new recovery grants (stamfordplus.com)
  Senator Chris Dodd encouraged Connecticut fire departments to apply for new Fire Fighter Assistance Grants made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• Stimulus programs allocates $150 million each for port and transit security grants (gsnmagazine.com)
  DHS announced that it plans to distribute $150 million in port security grants, $150 million in transit security grants and $210 million in fire station construction grants, all of which will be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), popularly known as President Obama's stimulus program.

May 9, 2009

• Airport gets money to upgrade bomb detector (greatfallstribune.com)
  Great Falls International Airport will receive more than $386,000 to buy new security equipment thanks to the stimulus bill, U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester, both Montana Democrats, announced Friday.

April 10, 2009

• [Congressman Charlie] Wilson on Money from ARRA (wsaz.com)
  Congressman Wilson announced that the Department of Homeland Security has posted that it is releasing funding to Ohio as specified by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

April 9, 2009

• Catholic Charities USA Joins DHS Secretary Napolitano in Announcement of New Funds for Emergency Food and Shelter Program (charlotte.bizjournals.com)
  Catholic Charities USA announced that $100 million in more funding will be available this year for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP).

April 8, 2009

• DHS Continues Planning for Recovery Act Spending (hstoday.us)
  The Department continues to draw up plans for spending about $3 billion in stimulus funds awarded to it under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

April 3, 2009

• ARRA funding along the U.S.-Mexican border (gsnmagazine.com)
  The Department and the General Services Administration (GSA) are funneling more than $400 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to the Southwest border, including $269 million for port and other infrastructure projects in California and locations in the Southwest.

• Napolitano wraps up border tour (mysanantonio.com)
  Secretary Napolitano visited the Southwest border and discussed using federal stimulus money for a more secure border.

March 19, 2009

• Transcript of Secretary Napolitano's Situation Room interview with Wolf Blitzer (azcentral.com)
  On CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Secretary Napolitano spoke about the economic crisis, the violence in Mexico, the Department's future home and more.

March 16, 2009

• Funding, Partnerships and Fire Administrator on Napolitano's Front Burner (govtech.com)
  Secretary Napolitano spoke to the International Association of Firefighters and noted the ARRA funds that are specifically destined for firefighter assistance grants.

March 5, 2009

• DHS to use $1B in stimulus funds for baggage security systems (btnonline.com)
  The Department has secured $1 billion in funding through the stimulus bill for aviation security projects, including enhanced checked and carry-on baggage systems.

March 4, 2009

• Stimulus includes $1 billion for explosives detection and checkpoint screening equipment (govtech.com)
  Funded projects include a combined $650 million to begin construction of a consolidated headquarters for the department; a combined $720 million for renovation and construction at land ports of entry and $1 billion for explosive detection systems and enhanced checkpoint screening equipment at airports.

March 2, 2009

• Airports to receive $1 billion in stimulus funds (cnn.com)
  Some $1 billion in federal stimulus money will land in the nation's airports, where it will be used to improve systems to check for explosives and weapons.

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