Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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HSGP Appendix | 2023 Page A-36 •Provide intelligence-based operations through USBP Sector Level experts to ensure safety and operational oversight of federal and SLTT law enforcement agencies participating in OPSG operational activities; •Support a request to any Governor to activate, deploy, or redeploy specialized National Guard Units/Packages and/or elements of state law enforcement to increase or augment specialized/technical law enforcement elements operational activities; •Continue to increase operational, material, and technological readiness of SLTT law enforcement agencies; •Enhance the sharing of threat information and intelligence between federal and SLTT law enforcement agencies; and •Develop and sustain a capable workforce of analysts that have the necessary experience and training, as well as access to open source, unclassified, and/or classified information, products, data, suspicious activity reporting, tips/leads, and online/social media-based threats, and the necessary services and technology to facilitate these analytic activities. OPSG funds must be used to provide an enhanced law enforcement presence and to increase operational and intelligence capabilities of federal and SLTT law enforcement, promoting a layered, coordinated approach to law enforcement within border states and territories of the United States. •Federal and SLTT OPSG Integrated Planning Team (IPT). Federal and SLTT partners must establish and maintain a formalized OPSG IPT with representation from all participating law enforcement agencies, co-chaired by representatives from USBP, the SAA, and participating law enforcement agencies’ OPSG program representatives. •No fewer than two IPT meetings must take place during every funding year: o Prior to submitting the Concept of Operations (application) o Prior to submitting the Campaign Plan •OPSG funds may be used for travel and per diem in support of the IPTs and OPSG strategic planning events as long as the costs are otherwise compliant with other program and regulatory requirements. Coordination Requirements All operational plans should be crafted in cooperation and coordination among federal and SLTT partners. Consideration will be given to applications that are coordinated across multiple jurisdictions. All applicants must coordinate with the USBP Sector Headquarters with geographic responsibility for the applicant’s location in developing and submitting an Operations Order with an embedded budget to the SAA. OPSG funds must be used to provide increased operational capabilities to SLTT partners in support of enhanced border security through: •Enhanced Law Enforcement Presence; •Enhanced Situational Awareness; and •Enhanced Intelligence Collection and Distribution. After awards are announced, prospective recipients will re-scope the draft Operations Order and resubmit it as a final Operations Order with an embedded budget based on actual dollar amounts awarded. The appropriate Sector Headquarters will approve final Operations Orders and forward those orders to Headquarters, Office of Border Patrol, Washington, DC, before funding is released. Recipients may not begin operations, obligate, or expend any funds until FEMA and USBP Headquarters have approved the final Operations Order and the embedded budget and removed any existing special conditions and/or restrictions.