Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Administrative Information  Daily schedule  Restroom locations  Breaks and lunch  Emergency exit routes  Dining facilities  Pagers/cell phones  Telephone messages  Course completion requirements  Course Evaluation

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Student Introductions Introduce yourself by providing:  Your name and departments or agencies.  Your roles in COOP management.  Your experience as training instructors.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Course Purposes 1.To acquaint you with the COOP planning guidance and program management. 2.To provide you with the skills necessary to train this course.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Course Objectives  Define continuity of operations.  Explain the benefits of developing a viable COOP plan.  Identify elements of a viable COOP capability.  Identify processes, resources, and tasks necessary to implement and manage a successful COOP program.  Teach this course to others.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Course Agenda Day 1Day 2 A.M.  Unit 1: Introduction and Course Overview  Unit 2: Identifying and Prioritizing Essential Functions  Unit 4: Orders of Succession  Unit 5: Delegations of Authority  Unit 3: Identifying and Safeguarding Vital Records  Unit 12: Developing COOP Plans and Procedures  Unit 8: Tests, Training, and Exercises  Unit 14: Developing a Corrective Action  Unit 13: Operating In a COOP Environment P.M.  Unit 6: Selecting Alternate Facilities  Unit 9: Continuity and Human Capital  Unit 7: Interoperable Communications  Unit 10: Devolution Planning  Unit 11: Reconstitution Planning  Unit 15: Family Support Planning  Day One Overview / Adjourn  Unit 16: Outreach and Resources  Pandemic Influenza Planning Discussion  Unit 17: Delivering Effective Training  Adjourn

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Course Materials The Student Manual is the students’ main reference for the course. It includes:  All course content.  Activities.  Job aids.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview What Is Continuity of Operations? What is continuity of operations?

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Benefits of COOP Planning Benefits of COOP planning:  Good business practice.  Enables agencies to continue essential functions.  Part of the fundamental mission of all agencies.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview The Legal Basis for COOP Continuity of Operations:  Is a Federal governmentwide initiative.  Has its legal basis in PDD-67.  Ensures performance of essential functions under a broad range of circumstances.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview The Legal Basis for Continuity of Operations PDD-67:  Was issued in October  Applied to all Federal departments and agencies.  Assigned FEMA as lead agency.  Recognized emerging threats.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Executive Order Executive Order required department/agency heads to provide for:  Succession to office and emergency delegations of authority.  Safekeeping of essential resources, facilities, and records.  Establishment of emergency operating capabilities.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Requirements for COOP Planning COOP plans must:  Be effective with and without warning.  Take an all-hazard approach.  Include alternate facilities.  Have essential functions operational within 12 hours of activation.  Be able to sustain operations for 30 days.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Federal Preparedness Circular-65 COOP Authorities and Guidance:  FPC-65: Federal Executive Branch COOP

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview National Continuity Policy May 2007 NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/ NSPD 51 HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/ HSPD-20 establishes "National Essential Functions," prescribes continuity requirements for all executive departments and agencies, and provides guidance for State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector organizations

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview National Continuity Policy (h) "National Essential Functions," or "NEFs," means that subset of Government Functions that are necessary to lead and sustain the Nation during a catastrophic emergency and that, therefore, must be supported through COOP and COG capabilities; and (i) "Primary Mission Essential Functions," or "PMEFs," means those Government Functions that must be performed in order to support or implement the performance of NEFs before, during, and in the aftermath of an emergency.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview National Continuity Policy adequate warning of potential emergencies that could pose a significant risk to the homeland might not be available, and therefore all continuity planning shall be based on the assumption that no such warning will be received.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview National Continuity Policy (9) Recognizing that each branch of the Federal Government is responsible for its own continuity programs, an official designated by the Chief of Staff to the President shall ensure that the Executive branch's COOP and COG policies in support of ECG efforts are appropriately coordinated with those of the Legislative and Judicial branches in order to ensure interoperability and allocate national assets efficiently to maintain a functioning Federal Government.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview National Continuity Policy (10) Federal Government COOP, COG, and ECG plans and operations shall be appropriately integrated with the emergency plans and capabilities of State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure, as appropriate, in order to promote interoperability and to prevent redundancies and conflicting lines of authority. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall coordinate the integration of Federal continuity plans and operations with State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure, as appropriate, in order to provide for the delivery of essential services during an emergency.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview National Continuity Policy All discussed in depth in the 110 page National Continuity Policy Implementation Plan August 2007

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Elements of a Viable COOP Capability  Plans and Procedures  Essential functions  Vital records  Orders of succession  Delegations of authority  Alternate facilities  Interoperable communications  Human capital  Test, training, and exercises  Devolution  Reconstitution

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview FEMA’s Role in Continuity of Operations  Lead agent for COOP planning in the Federal Executive Branch.  Responsible for issuing guidance to promote understanding of and compliance with Federal mandates and requirements.  State and local governments designate their own lead agents for COOP planning. Each agency develops its own COOP plan.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview What COOP is Not COOP is not the same as:  Occupant Emergency Plans (OEPs).  Continuity of Government Plans (COGs).

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Objectives of COOP Planning Ensure continued performance of essential functions and operations.  Reduce loss of life.  Minimize damage and losses.  Ensure successful succession.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Objectives of COOP Planning  Reduce or mitigate disruptions.  Ensure the provision of alternate facilities.  Protect agency assets.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Objectives of COOP Planning  Achieve a timely and orderly recovery from COOP operations.  Achieve an efficient reconstitution.  Maintain a test, training, and exercise program to support implementation and validation of COOP plans.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Activity: Benefits of COOP Planning 1.Work in your table groups. 2.Imagine your building has just burned down. 3.Answer the questions. 4.Select a spokesperson for the group. 5.Participate in a class discussion. You will have 10 minutes to complete this activity.

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview COOP Program Manager Responsibilities How many of you are COOP Program Managers?

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview COOP Program Manager Responsibilities The COOP Program Manager:  Serves as the agency’s COOP coordinator.  Is responsible for all activities that enable the agency to perform essential functions in any situation that would otherwise disrupt normal operations.  Chairs the department’s or agency’s internal COOP Working Group (CWG).

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview COOP Program Manager Responsibilities Critical COOP Program Manager skills:  Business management  Interpersonal  Communication  Facilitation

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Summary and Transition This unit:  Introduced and defined COOP.  Described responsibilities of key personnel. Next unit:  Identifying and Prioritizing Essential Functions (Unit 2)

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Summary and Transition Questions?