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Funds should be obligated as needed to target specific threats or vulnerabilities and ensure that OPSG usage is commensurate to the unique risk of each border region. This may require several short -term operations that combine to form an ongoing operational cycle, ensuring that BP commanders and. State, local, and Tribal agency partners reserve the flexibility to respond to the ever - changing elements of border security. The operations plan also will articulate the budgetary intent of how funds will be used throughout the performance period. The operations plan will project planned expenditures in the following categories: overtime, equipment, instruction, travel, maintenance, fuel, and administrative funds. It can initiate the procurement of equipment, as well as state how much the county intends to use for M &A while keeping funds for overtime or residual equipment funds available for use as needed, If the recipient intends to spend more than 50% of their award on overtime over the course of the performance period, requests for an overtime waiver would be submitted at this time. The operations plan will meet both the SAA expectations to obligate the funds within 45 clays of the award announcement and the demands of the grant's operational intent. Once the operations plan is approved, the area IPT will meet to initiate the last stage in the planning process. Third Stage: Once the grantee is ready to conduct operations, the area IPT will begin plaiming tactical operations. II. Tactical Operational Period Operational discipline is necessary for the success of OPSG. Deliberate, adaptive, integrated, and intelligence- driven planning is critical to conducting targeted enforcement operations consistent with the objectives of the OPSG. By participating in the OPSG, the State, local, and Tribal agencies agree to conduct operations designed to reduce border - security risk. Tactical operations will be conducted on a periodic basis meeting the criteria outlined below. Tactical operational periods are composed of six critical elements: 1) a pre - planning meeting with the IPT; 2) specified beginning and ending dates; 3) are intelligence driven, with a nexus to border security; 4) use targeted enforcement techniques; 5) have clearly stated objectives; and 6) conclude with an after- action meeting. A campaign should involve several tactical operational periods. These periods require deliberate on -going planning to ensure command, staff, and unit activities synchronize to current and Riture operations. The cyclical nature of the process will ensure OPSG activities align with the fluctuating border - security threats and vulnerabilities. Key planners should recognize that shorter, frequent tactical operational periods increase the flexibility and leverage gained through OPSG funding. The IPT should leverage information provided by the fusion center, Border Intelligence Centers or other local intelligence center, when possible, and establish a common operational vision. The BP sector's Chief Patrol Agent, or his/her designee, will ensure that the information or intelligence has a clear nexus to border security, Intelligence will be shared and vetted for border security value, driving the focus of operations, The tactical operational period should focus on specific targets of interest or specific areas of interest identified by the IPT. Once intelligence- driven targets are identified, the IPT will decide on operational objectives that 77 Appendix E — FY 2014 HSGP, OPSG Operational Guidance