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Attachment A FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM • Practical Exercise Statement: This describes any exercises associated with the module, session, or lesson • Evaluation Strategy: This defines the strategy used to evaluate the module, session, or lesson (e.g., written and /or performance test). Conditional Approvals of Non -ODP Courses. In contrast to FY04, no conditional approvals in advance of an independent third -party subject matter expert (SME) review will be granted in FY05 for use of ODP funds to develop or institutionalize non -ODP courses. ODP will require states and urban areas to adhere to a streamlined course approval process. Please see Appendix E: Overview of Approval Process for Non -ODP Developed Courses for more information. Courses will either be approved or disapproved following this review process. Attending Other Federal Courses Related to CBRNE Terrorism. States are no longer required to submit requests for personnel to attend certain Federal courses that fall within the ODP mission scope of preparing state and local personnel to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism involving CBRNE weapons. In lieu of requesting approval, states and urban areas will be required to submit information on all federal training they are supporting with ODP funds via the Training section of the ODP website (hftp://www.o'p.usdom.gov/odp/traininci.htm). This information will consist of course title, level of the training, the training provider, the date of the course, the number of individuals to be trained, and the sponsoring jurisdiction. Several broad categories of courses will automatically be included in the list of eligible federal courses: • All NIMS training approved by the NIMS Integration Center (NIC) is eligible for use of ODP funds. • All Incident Command System (ICS) training offered through the National Fire Academy and the Emergency Management Institute is eligible for use of ODP funds. This guidance applies to resident training, train - the - trainer, and field delivery of courses. A list of federal courses that fall within the ODP mission scope is included in Appendix F: Federal Training Course List. These courses must build additional capabilities that 1) meet a specific need identified through the homeland security assessment process, and 2) comport with the State or Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy. Federal funds must be used to supplement —not supplant— existing funds that have been appropriated for the same purpose. Thus, if the state or urban area has already budgeted for personnel to attend courses, ODP funds may only be used to send additional individuals above and beyond those previously budgeted. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 32