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Attachment ,\ FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM D. Authorized Program Expenditures Funds provided through the EMPG program shall be used for emergency management programs to accomplish the following initiatives: a) Emergency Management Organization Program. Programs must continue to fund all necessary aspects of the emergency management program that support day-to-day preparedness, response, and recovery activities, including mitigation efforts. b) Homeland Security Assessment and Strategy Integration. Ensure that EMPG strategic goals, objectives, operational capabilities, and resource requirements are adequately incorporated in and reflective of State Homeland Security Strategies. Local emergency management agencies implementing EMPG programs should also ensure alignment with Urban Area Homeland Security Strategies, where appropriate. Emergency management agencies and/or departments should coordinate these EMPG program strategic goals and objectives with state and urban area operational plans and procedures accordingly. c) NRP and NIMS. Emergency management programs must update and/or modify their operational plans, and training and exercise activities, as necessary, to achieve conformance with the NRP and the NIMS implementation guidelines, coordinating structures, processes, and protocols, as required. Federal departments and agencies are mandating adoption of NIMS by state and local organizations as a condition for federal preparedness assistance after October 1, 2004. For more information on NIMS compliance please consult http://www. fema .Qov/nims. d) EMAP. Emergency management programs should take all necessary steps to move towards compliance with EMAP standards. Shortfalls identified during the baseline process should be remediated; if the program has been accredited, any remaining program shortfalls should be remediated. All initiatives in the EMPG program should align with the 15 emergency management functions (EMFs). These functions can be addressed through the following categorical activities, which include planning, organization, equipment, training, exercise, and M&A categories. These following categorical activities also include example activities that are allowable under the FY05 EMPG program. All costs under these categories must be eligible under OMB Circular No. A-8?, Attachment A, located at http://www.whitehouse.Qov/omb/circulars/index.html. In summary, this includes: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 87 en !2 ~ C) III l.l 2 '" ~ o ... IX III l:I. ... 2 III :E III t:l '" 2 '" :E ~ 2 III t:l IX III :E L&I