| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now seeking applications for the fiscal year 2007 Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). The application period will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on May 29, 2007. The 2007 program is slated to give out more that $33.7 million in equipment to first responders in selected rural and smaller communities who are typically not eligible for funding through the Department's Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grant program. |