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territorial personnel to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism or catastrophic events. • State Sponsored Courses. These courses are developed for and/or delivered by institutions or organizations other than Federal entities or FEMA and are sponsored by the SAA or their designated TPOC. Joint Training and Exercises with the Public and Private Sectors. These courses are sponsored and coordinated by private sector entities to enhance public- private partnerships for training personnel to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism or catastrophic events. Overtime pay for first responders and emergency managers who participate in public - private training and exercises is allowable, In addition, States, territories, Tribes, and Urban Areas are encouraged to incorporate the private sector in government - sponsored training and exercises, Additional information on both FEMA provided training and other federal and state training can be found at htt : / /wrovrov Cirstresnondertrainino- rov, Training Information Reporting System ( "Yyeb- Farms'). Web -Forms is an electronic forn/data management system built to assist the SAA and its designated State, territory and Tribal Training Point of Contact (TPOC). Reporting training activities through Web -Forms is not required under FY 2014 HSGP, however, the system remains available and can be, accessed through the FEMA Toolkit located at h y2 / /www fcrstresoondertraininP ¢ov/admin in order to support grantees in their own tracking of training. Exercise Activities Allowable exercise - related costs utclude: Funds Used to Design, Develop, Conduct, and Evaluate an Exercise. Includes costs related to planning, meeting space and other meeting costs, facilitation costs, materials and supplies, travel, and documentation, Grantees are encouraged to use government or free public space /locations /facllities, whenever available, prior to the rental of space/locations /facilities. Exercises should provide the opportunity to demonstrate and validate shills learned, as well as to identify any gaps in these skills. Any exercise or exercise gaps, including those for children and individuals with disabilities or access and functional needs, should be, identified in the AAR/IP and addressed in the exercise cycle. Frill or part -time staff may be hired to support exercise - related activities. Such costs must be included within the finding allowed for program management personnel expenses. State grantees must follow their state's formal written procurement policies. Overtime and Baceill. The entire amount of overtime costs, including payments related to backfi [ling personnel, which are the direct result of time spent on the design, development, and conduct of exercises are allowable expenses. These costs are allowed only to the extent the payment for such services is in accordance with the policies of the State or unit(s) of local government and has the approval of the State or the awarding agency, whichever is applicable. In no case is dual compensation allowable. That is, an employee of a unit of govermnent may not receive compensation from their unit or 69 Appendix C— FY2014 HSGP Funding Guidelines