Amended
IN
Senate
July 18, 2017 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 06, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1306 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte |
February 17, 2017 |
The bill would authorize the Director of Emergency Services, as specified, to administer, authorize, and allocate federal homeland security grant funding and would require the director to prioritize grant funding for prevention measures undertaken by the Office of Information Security in the Department of Technology in furtherance of a specified provision of the Governor’s Executive order. The bill also would specify the authority of the Director of Emergency Services to administer the grant programs to respond to statewide emergencies requiring immediate attention.
(d)(1)The Director of Emergency Services, in consultation with the Office of Information Security of the Department of Technology or the Cybersecurity Task Force, or both, may administer, authorize, and allocate federal homeland security grant funding in accordance with federal grant guidelines and shall prioritize grant funding for prevention measures undertaken by the Office of Information Security of the Department
of Technology in furtherance of the provision in the Governor’s Executive Order B-34-15 (Aug. 31, 2015) that directs state departments and agencies to “ensure compliance with existing information security and privacy policies, promote awareness of information security standards with their workforce.”
(2)Nothing shall preclude the Director of Emergency Services from administering the grant programs to respond to statewide emergencies requiring immediate attention.
(3)For purposes of this subdivision:
(A)“Prevention measures” include, but are not limited to, risk assessments as prescribed in Section 11549.3 and compliance with the guidelines in Section 5300 and following of the State Administrative Manual and with
the Statewide Information Management Manual guidelines.
(B)“Federal homeland security grant funding” refers to the federal Homeland Security Grant Program as authorized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Department of Homeland Security.