HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from FDLEFlorida Department. of Law Enforcement
Guy M. Tunnel', Commissioner
December 6, 2005
Lieutenant Ronald Papier
Miami Police Department
400 Northwest Second Avenue
Miami,Florida 33128
RE: Notice of Funding
Dear Lieutenant Papier:
Jeb Bush, Governor
Charlie Cris:, Attorney General
Turn Gallagher, Chief Financial Officer
Charles H. Bronson, Commissioner of Agriculture
The State of Florida was awarded funding through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP). A portion of the funding awarded from ODP to the
State of Florida will be via the Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) grant, the purpose of
which is to support the implementation of Florida's Homeland Security Strategy.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is proud to announce that it has reserved
$134,400 from the Buffer Zone Protection Program grant for use by your agency which is
located in Region Number 7. Please refer to the enclosed charts entitled "Vulnerability
Reduction Purchasing Plan" for your approved items.
If you have questions concerning program issues, please contact Special Agent Supervisor Bob
LeFiies at (850) 410-7095 in the FDLE, Statewide Intelligence Office. If you have questions
concerning your grant application, please call (550) 410-8700 and you will be directed to the
grant manager assigned to your Region.
Recipients must apply on-line using FDLE's grant management system, Subgrant Information
Management On -Line (SIMON). In addition to the on-line submission, recipients must submit
two hard copies (with original signatures) of the subgrant application to the Office of Criminal
Justice Grants no later than 30 days after the receipt of this letter.
SIMON can be accessed at http://simon.fdle.state.fl.us. The following steps should be taken
prior to completion of an application:
1. The Project Director is typically responsible for the administration of the subgrant
activities and; therefore, should create a user account for the Chief Official and Chief
Financial Officer, for your subgrantee and your implementing agency, as well as
themselves for submission of the application. Users will then receive an email
containing the username and password. These are computer generated and only the
person whose email address appears in the request will receive the username and
password. The user may now proceed to the next step.
2. Enter the Subgrantee Organization and Implementing Agency (if different from the
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s.ubgrantee) into SIMON..=_User will receive an email approving the Organization(s) and
may now proceed to the next step.
3, The Project Director should then modify or request permission to fill out an application.
Email notification will be sent approving the applicants' request and granting clearance
to proceed with the application itself.
Due to the time involved in processing and approving user accounts and organization(s)
requests, it is imperative that these steps be taken as soon as possible.
Application completion will require an "Announcement Code" which is a security feature allowing
access to the application. The Announcement Code is BZPP2006. Application completion will
not be possible without this Code. A user manual is available on the website. Also, instructions
for how to complete a SIMON application entitled "Instructions for Completing Application for
Funding Assistance" is available at htto,//www.fdle state,fl,us/Grants/rlosearch/letp-subgrantl, The
project start date is the first day of the month you submit your application. If you require an
earlier start date please contact your grant manager. The project end date is March 31, 2006.
In addition, two hard copies of the application must be submitted (both with original signatures)
to:
Office of Criminal Justice Grants
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
2331 Phillips Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
A detailed user manual, complete with screen shot examples, can be found on the website.
Please read this manual before beginning the application process in SIMON. Please refer to
the manual before calling for assistance. For technical assistance with SIMON not provided in
the user manual you may contact Crystal Parker crvstalparkerCcD_fdle.state.fl.us at (850) 410-
8700. Otherwise please feel free to call your grant manager at (850) 410-8700.
Sincerely,
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Claytn H. Wilder
Program Administrator
Enclosures: Vulnerability Reduction Purchasing Plan
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