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F /ERO Credentialing and Validation • Working group meetings and conferences relating to emergency responder credentialing and validation • Compiling data to enter into an emergency responder repository • Coordinating with other State, local, territorial, and tribal partners to ensure interoperability among existing and planned credentialing and validation systems and equipment • Planning to incorporate emergency responder identity and credential validation into training and exercises. Organization Per the Robert. T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C. §§ 5121 - 5207), EMPG Program funds may be used for all- hazards emergency management operations, staffing, and other day -to -day activities in support of emergency management, including hazard mitigation staffing of the State Hazard Mitigation Officer (SHMO) position; performing close out activities on FEMA Disaster Assistance grants; and supporting fusion center analysts who are directly involved in all hazards preparedness activities as defined by the Stafford Act. Proposed staffing activities should be linked to accomplishing the activities outlined in the EMPG Program Work Plan. To ensure adequate resources are dedicated to the critical components of preparedness, grantees are encouraged to fund at least one dedicated Planner, Training officer, and Exercise Officer. Personnel costs, including salary, overtime, compensatory time off, and associated fringe benefits, are allowable costs with EMPG Program funds. These costs must comply with 2 C.F.R. Part §225, Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments (Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Circular A -87). Equipment Allowable equipment categories for the EMPG Program are listed on the web -based version of the Authorized Equipment List (AEL) on the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB), which is sponsored by FEMA at h tps: //www.Glis dhs env /lcnovvled�ebase. Unless otherwise stated, equipment must meet all mandatory regulatory and/or FEMA - adopted standards to be eligible for purchase using these frmds. In addition, agencies will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all necessary certifications and licenses for the requested equipment. The select allowable equipment includes equipment from the following AEL categories: • Information Teclmology (Category 4) • Cyber security Erhhancement Equipment (Category 5) • Interoperablo Communications Equipment (Category 6) • Detection Equipment (Category 7) • Power Equipment (Category 10) • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Reference Materials (Category 11) • CBRNE Incident Response Vehicles (Category 12) • Physical Security Enhancement Equipment (Category 14) 30 Appendix B- FY 2014 EMPG Program Funding Guidelines 55A -39