Following a kick-off meeting in April, CTC is engaged in an ongoing project to identify communications gaps and evaluate potential solutions for the Baltimore Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), a regional emergency preparedness planning effort that brings together emergency management personnel, information officers, and public safety officials from the region’s jurisdictions (the cities of Annapolis and Baltimore, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties), as well as representatives from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). The UASI program is funded by the Department of Homeland Security, which provides grants to high-density regions that are at risk for terrorism.