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The Secretary has responsibility for portions of the Strategy addressing border security , critical infrastructure protection , emergency preparation and response , and integrating state and local efforts with activities of the Federal government . We are confident that increased Federal , State and local efforts to reach the elderly in the Mid-Atlantic , East North Central and West North Central areas of the country in 2006 will increase the participation of the elderly in the LIHEAP program . State and local efforts to reduce polluted runoff from farms and urban areas have helped also . The Stafford Act defines an emergency as any occasion or instance for which , in the determination of the President , federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety , or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States . AALL strongly opposes the Electronic Government Services Act because it flies in the face of federal , state and local efforts to provide the public with timely access to electronic information by and about their government , as well as new E-Government services .