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CAPS Interoperable Communications Technology Grant Program -" Please be advised that a hold may be placed on this application if it is deemed that the applicant agency is not in good standing on other U S Department bf Justice grants, has other grant compliance issues that would make the applicant agency ineligible to receive COPS funding, and/or is not cooperating with an ongoing compliance investigation regarding a current COPS grant award A hold may also tie placed on this application if it is deemed that the applicant agency is not in compliance vrilh federal civil rights laws and/or is not cooperaling with an ongoing federal civil rights investigation Eligibility Requirements The Interoperable Communications Tachnology Program is not an open solicitation Agencies are invited to apply The invited agencies will involve 6olh larger and smatter population centers 1Tre COPS office will invite the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas 7 Defined 6y u S Census Bureau, Statistical (MBAs) in the nation plus the largest three by population per state to apply for funding, if Abshact of the united States: 2002 applicable We will also eliminate any duplicates from these two groups and remove jurisdictions that were funded under this program in Fiscal Years 2003 and 20D4 --_ COPS will collaborate with NIST, CommTech within the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and SAFECOM on a competitive grant program in FY 2005 to maximize the strategic impact of the funding that is available for interoperable communications equipment The program will provide competitive funding to local judsdictions to demonstrate efieclive solutions for achieving inieroperability Selection of Applicants: Meropolitan Statistical Area (MSA For this targeted solicitation, invitees are the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MBAs) across the nation plus the largest three per state and territory, as applicable After eliminating duplicate MSAs from the above two categories, this approach resulted In approximately 138 candidates. A lead judsdiction was designated within each MSA, which should promote multi-judsdictional and multi-disciplinary, interoperable partnerships with neighboring localities fie U S Census Bureau regulady utilizes Meropolitan Statistical Areas for demographic purposes The general concept of an MSA is chat of a core area containing a large popula8on nucleus, together with, adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that urore' Since neady every state has at least one MSA applicant under the COPS invitation method, there will be a variety of applications based on the size of population, geographic characteristics, and cdtiral infrastructures Jurisdictions that were awarded COPS grants under the FY03 and FY04 Interoperable Communications Technology programs are not eligible to apply this year For additional information, please contact your COPS Grant Program Specialist by calling the COPS Office Response Center at 800 421 6770 35