__The Securing Local Area Communication Infrastructure Project (SLACIP) aims to enhance communication infrastructure security in the United States by incentivizing states and localities to adopt policies and practices to improve communication infrastructure security. __
The act will also create a federal program to provide funding and technical assistance to help states and localities implement these policies and practices and create a national communication infrastructure security clearinghouse to provide information and resources on communication infrastructure security.
The benefits of the SLACIP Act include:- Federal funding and technical assistance: The act will create a federal program to provide funding and technical assistance to help states and localities implement the policies and practices required to receive the incentive payments.
The requirements of the SLACIP Act include:- Adopt policies and practices to improve communication infrastructure security: States and localities must adopt policies and procedures to improve communication infrastructure security to receive the incentive payments.
A risk management plan is a document that identifies and assesses the risks to communication infrastructure and provides strategies for managing those risks. The SLACIP Act requires states and localities to create risk management plans that address the following:
- Operational continuity: The risk management plan must identify and assess the risks to communication infrastructure from disruptions in operations and provide strategies for managing those risks
States and localities that do not comply with the requirements of the SLACIP Act will not receive the incentive payments. In addition, the federal government may withhold funding from states and localities that do not comply with the act, and the federal government may impose civil penalties on states and localities that do not comply with the act.
The SLACIP Act requires states and localities to adopt policies and practices to improve communication infrastructure security to receive incentive payments from the federal government. The act also provides funding and technical assistance to help states and localities implement the policies and practices. Noncompliance with the act can withhold the federal budget and impose civil penalties.
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