education, and policy recommendations which shall be updated in a timely manner with new information. (6) The variety of regions in the United States which are identified and categorized by NFREC, based on their specific flooding and flood-related issues, hydrology, weather, and related issues. (7) Approved demonstration projects and their progress in addition to information on applying for demonstration project assistance. (8) Tools for monitoring, predicting, and modeling flooding as they become available. 6. Technical assistance and demonstration projects (a) Technical assistance and demonstration projects NFREC may provide technical assistance and demonstration project grant assistance to eligible entities on a competitive basis to assist with implementing recommendations of NFREC or testing new or improved strategies or technologies for the categories described in section 2(b)(1). (b) Eligible Entities The following are eligible entities for purposes of this section: (1) State governments. (2) County governments. (3) Local governments. (c) Technical Assistance Consortium members may provide technical assistance at their discretion to eligible entities that have limited capacity for developing an application for demonstration project grants. Consortium members may also provide technical assistance at their discretion in implementing demonstration projects approved by the Administrator. (d) Competitive Criteria The Administrator, in partnership with the lead partner institution, shall develop criteria required for submitting a competitive demonstration project grant application and for the approval of such an application. (e) Eligible Activities Grantees may use funds only for flooding-related projects which implement recommendations of NFREC or for testing of— (1) improved existing and or new risk analysis and risk management of flooding and flood-related events