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Here is what three reports found on Pennsylvania's homeland security grant program:

[naviga:font face="ZapfDingbats"]4[/naviga:font] State officials did not ensure that equipment purchases for first responders followed Pennsylvania's disaster-security strategy.

[naviga:font face="ZapfDingbats"]4[/naviga:font] State officials do not have a centralized inventory that shows what equipment was purchased and where it is.

[naviga:font face="ZapfDingbats"]4[/naviga:font] State and local officials lacked strategy and coordination when deciding how to spend the money.

[naviga:font face="ZapfDingbats"]4[/naviga:font] Pennsylvania misspent $721,300 between 2002 and 2004 on maintenance agreements, spare parts and warranties.

[naviga:font face="ZapfDingbats"]4[/naviga:font] The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency did not properly manage the homeland security grant program as it grew after Sept. 11, 2001.

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