Formula Grant MD20101001

This federal Project Grant award for $395,000.00 was provided by the Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) under the Ease 3.0 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 12.219). The award was made to the Washington Secretary of State's Financial Services Section to develop electronic tools and innovative approaches that enhance the absentee voting experience for military personnel, their families, and overseas citizens protected by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee...

This $1,156,908.16 Project Grant was awarded by the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA) on July 15, 2024 under the Ease 3.0 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 12.219). The funding is aimed at improving voting systems and reducing impediments for Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) voters. Key objectives include enhancing electronic ballot transmission, implementing digital signature verification, and reducing ballot processing failure rates for military personnel, their...

The Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (AURI) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems. The award's purpose is to support the development of a robust framework with rigorous semantics and security guarantees for election-day voter check-in. This work falls under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), which aims to advance computing, communications, and...

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission will receive $285,000 from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs through September 2025 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875). The funding will support conducting a communications evaluation study on the monitoring and control systems of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation network to prepare for solar photovoltaic grid system interconnections....

This $1,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, is intended to provide the Bureau and USAID Missions with a better understanding of the impact and emerging approaches to legislative strengthening programming. The prime awardee, the Consortium for Elections & Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS), will leverage its sub-awardees - the International Foundation...

The Office Protection & Advocacy For The Disabled (OPAD) was awarded a $119,364 Formula Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities-Grants for Protection and Advocacy Systems program (CFDA 93.618). The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Under this award, OPAD will provide services to ensure full participation in the electoral process for individuals with...

This $512,386 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering) supports the development of tools to secure the publication, authentication, and distribution of laws and other legal information, in order to protect the reliability and trustworthiness of digital legal systems that are critical to democracy. Key products and services to be delivered include: Long-term solutions for securely distributing, archiving, and accessing...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded Guam Legal Services Corporation $119,364 under the Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities-Grants for Protection and Advocacy Systems program (CFDA 93.618) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. This Formula Grant will support Guam Legal Services Corporation's delivery of services to ensure full participation in the electoral process for individuals with disabilities in Guam. In...

The American Samoa Government Department of Commerce, doing business as Community Planning and Development Programs, was awarded a $190,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program. The funding will support enhancing the legal counsel case management system, digital document management and storage system, information systems helpdesk system, and network security for the Office of...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will support the university's "CHIPS TRUST AND ASSUREDNESS EQUIPMENT" initiative. This project aims to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of...