Item 18 - Adopt Resolution for FY 2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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HSGP Appendix | February 2021 Page A-8 • Be coordinated with the USBP Sector, SAA, and the DHS/Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of the Border Patrol (OBP). Further, changes in scope or objective also require FEMA’s prior written approval pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.308(c)(1). If the cost changes are allowable under the grant, a Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) must be submitted to HSIN to obtain FEMA’s prior written approval of such changes in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.308(c)(1). These modifications will be annotated in the annex section of the FRAGO. OPSG funds may be used to pay additional current part-time law enforcement personnel salaries to bring them to temporary full-time status. OPSG funds may support a Governor’s request to activate, deploy, or redeploy specialized National Guard Units/Package and/or elements of state law enforcement serving as friendly forces to increase or augment specialized/technical law enforcement elements’ operational activities. Costs associated with backfill for personnel supporting operational activities are allowable. As with all OPSG personnel costs, OPSG grant funds will be used to supplement existing funds and will not replace (supplant) funds that have been appropriated for the same purpose. Applicants or recipients may be required to supply documentation certifying that a reduction in non-federal resources occurred for reasons other than the receipt or expected receipt of federal funds. Intelligence Support OPSG funds may as applicable and operationally beneficial be used to pay salaries and benefits for personnel to serve as qualified Intelligence Analysts. Per 6 U.S.C. § 609(a), OPSG funds may be used to hire new staff and/or contractor positions to serve as intelligence analysts to enable and enhance information/intelligence sharing capabilities, as well as support existing intelligence analysts previousl y covered by OPSG funding. Qualified OPSG-funded intelligence analysts can be assigned to an applicable law enforcement facility/intelligence function as long as information/intelligence sharing is maintained. To serve as an OPSG-funded intelligence analyst, staff and/or contractor personnel must meet at least one of the following criteria: • Complete training to ensure baseline proficiency in intelligence analysis and production within six months of being hired; and/or, • Previously served as an intelligence analyst for a minimum of two years either in a federal intelligence agency, the military, or state and/or local law enforcement intelligence unit. OPSG-funded intelligence analysts must demonstrate qualifications that meet or exceed competencies identified in the Common Competencies for state, local, and tribal intelligence analysts, which outlines the minimum categories of training needed for intelligence analysts. A certificate of completion of such training must be on file with the SAA and must be made available to the recipient’s respective FEMA HQ Preparedness Officer upon request. As with all allowable expenditures under HSGP, the SAA or its OPSG subrecipient jurisdictions must agree to and approve the use of funds for this purpose and request to amend applicable grant awards accordingly. Under OPSG, SAAs and subrecipients requesting to use grant funds in this manner must also collaborate regarding prioritization of funds for the provision of allowable associated costs for intelligence analysts with the applicable USBP sector and memorializing the collaboration through an Operations, Fragmentary or Supplemental Operations Order approved by the USBP sector, USBP Headquarters, and the FEMA Grant Programs Directorate.