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From page 37... ... Tests, training, and exercise plans are most effective when they provide for • At least annual individual and team training of agency COOP team personnel to ensure currency of knowledge and integration of skills necessary to implement COOP plans and carry out essential functions; • Annual internal agency testing and exercising of COOP plans and procedures to ensure the ability to perform essential functions and operate from designated alternate facility(ies) ; • Quarterly testing of alert and notification procedures and systems for any type of emergency; • Refresher orientation for COOP team members arriving at an alternate operating facility which covers the support and services available at the facility, including communications and information systems and administrative matters such as supervision, security, and personnel policies; and • Joint agency exercising of COOP plans, when applicable and feasible. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... ; • New hiring of a person to a position included on any COOP team roster, delegation of authority listing, or succession plan; • New functions of the agency or functions assumed by the agency that are considered to be essential because of statutory or regulatory requirements, public safety needs, or administrative priority; • Retirement of and/or introduction of equipment or other non-human resources that have been or will be used to support an essential function; 38 • Change in plans for alternate location sites and/or contact persons; and • Changes in agency priorities and/or policies on security functions at main facilities or alternate facilities. A plan that is out of date can itself be a threat to an agency, because the absence of key personnel, incorrect telephone or address information that prevents contacts being made, and subsequent delays could threaten the safe and orderly transfer of operations to alternate means or to alternate locations. Read the entire page →

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... Tests, training, and exercise plans are most effective when they provide for • At least annual individual and team training of agency COOP team personnel to ensure currency of knowledge and integration of skills necessary to implement COOP plans and carry out essential functions; • Annual internal agency testing and exercising of COOP plans and procedures to ensure the ability to perform essential functions and operate from designated alternate facility(ies) ; • Quarterly testing of alert and notification procedures and systems for any type of emergency; • Refresher orientation for COOP team members arriving at an alternate operating facility which covers the support and services available at the facility, including communications and information systems and administrative matters such as supervision, security, and personnel policies; and • Joint agency exercising of COOP plans, when applicable and feasible.

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... ; • New hiring of a person to a position included on any COOP team roster, delegation of authority listing, or succession plan; • New functions of the agency or functions assumed by the agency that are considered to be essential because of statutory or regulatory requirements, public safety needs, or administrative priority; • Retirement of and/or introduction of equipment or other non-human resources that have been or will be used to support an essential function; 38 • Change in plans for alternate location sites and/or contact persons; and • Changes in agency priorities and/or policies on security functions at main facilities or alternate facilities. A plan that is out of date can itself be a threat to an agency, because the absence of key personnel, incorrect telephone or address information that prevents contacts being made, and subsequent delays could threaten the safe and orderly transfer of operations to alternate means or to alternate locations.

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Updating the Plan Pages 37-38

Updating the Plan
Pages 37-38