Local Government

Local governments help funding that permits jurisdictions to prepare for possible terrorist threats, with flexibility to use the funds for a range of risks based on their state homeland security plans. A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. The term is used to contrast with offices at state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or (where appropriate) federal government and also to supranational government which deals with governing institutions between states. Local governments commonly act within powers assigned to them by legislation or directives of the greater level of government. In federal states, local government generally contains the third (or sometimes fourth) tier of government, whereas in unitary states, local government usually engage the second or third tier of government, frequent with greater powers than higher-level administrative divisions.