About Us

COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

Solution Development and Resourcing Process

The Homeland Security Executive Committee’s (HSEC) annual solution development and resourcing process was created to promote collaboration amongst regional partners in the ongoing effort to buy down the additional risk inherent to the National Capital Region (NCR) and improve regional preparedness through achieving regional solutions. It is also intended to shift the region’s resourcing focus away from traditional means (i.e., Urban Area Security Initiative [UASI] grant funding) and towards alternative resources such as leveraging regional or sub-regional assets, local funds, or other grants.

Materials for the 2020 process include:

2020 Solution Development Handbook
2020 Solution Development Worksheet (PDF version)
2020 Solution Development Worksheet (Word version)
2020 Solution Evaluation Criteria
HSEC 2020 Regional Guidance
Annual Solution Development Process
HSEC Operating Procedures and Policies - July 2019
NCR Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)
NCR Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR)
2015 National Preparedness Goal
2019 Homeland Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
2020 Solution Development Process Webinar Recording

To be considered for fiscal year (FY) 2020 UASI resourcing, draft worksheets are due to project sponsors on January 31, 2020. Worksheets may be submitted via COG staff. Worksheets approved by sponsors must be submitted to the State Administrative Agency (NCR.SAA@dc.gov) no later than March 2, 2020, for review by the Advisory Council.

The 2020 solution development worksheet may be used at any time during the remainder of 2019 or entirety of the 2020 calendar year to submit a solution for resourcing consideration. Applicants that are unable to meet the deadline for FY 2020 UASI resourcing consideration are still encouraged to submit worksheets, as alternative resourcing options may be available.