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<br />FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM - DECEMBER 2, 2005 <br /> <br />Management Institute. These exercises should test both horizontal and vertical <br />integration with response partners at the Federal. State, local. and Tribal level. <br /> <br />This requirement is not intended to be duplicative of other existing exercise requirements. <br />MMRS jurisdictions, in coordination with the Urban Area Working Group, where relevant, other <br />jurisdictions and organizations within their MMRS Operational Area, State level, and multi- <br />State, organizations, are expected to schedule, design, conduct and evaluate mass casualty <br />exercises which are in compliance with both DHS and CDC exercise requirements and guidance. <br /> <br />Exercise Evaluation <br />All exercises, whose purpose is to enhance MMRS relevant Target Capabilities, and which <br />involve MMRS plans, procedures, organizations, personnel, and/or equipment, will be <br />performance-based and evaluated. An After Action Report! Improvement Plan (AARlIP) will be <br />prepared and submitted to G&T following every exercise, regardless of type or scope. AARlIPs <br />must be provided to G&T within 60 days following completion of each exercise (see HSEEP <br />Volume IV for sample AAR/IP template). Currently, these AAR/IPs can be submitted through <br />the G&T Secure Portal. However, G&T is working with other agencies to develop a national <br />reporting system. <br /> <br />D.6. Personnel <br /> <br />Hiring, overtime, and backfill expenses are allowable only to perform programmatic activities <br />deemed allowable under existing guidance. Supplanting, however, is not allowed. <br /> <br />Up to 15% of programmatic spending may be used to support the hiring of full or part-time <br />personnel to conduct program activities that are allowable under the entire FY 2006 HSGP (i.e., <br />planning, training program management, exercise program management, etc). Grantees may <br />request that DHS issue a waiver to increase that ceiling. Waiver decisions are at the discretion of <br />DHS and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The ceiling on personnel costs does not <br />apply to contractors, and is in addition to eligible M&A costs and eligible hiring of intelligence <br />analysts. Grantees may hire staff only for program management functions not operational duties. <br />Hiring planners, training program coordinators, exercise managers, and grant administrators fall <br />within the scope of allowable program management functions. Grant funds may not be used to <br />support the hiring of sworn public safety officers to fulfill traditional public safety duties. <br /> <br />D.7. Mana!!ement and Administration <br /> <br />No greater than 5 percent of the MMRS allocation may be used for M&A. Localjurisdiction <br />subgrantees may retain and use up to 3 percent of their subaward from the State for local M&A <br />purposes. States may pass through a portion of the State M&A allocation to local subgrantees in <br />order to supplement the 3 percent M&A allocation allowed on subgrants. However, no more <br />than 5 percent of the total subaward may be expended by sub grantees on M&A costs. <br /> <br />D.S. Construction and Renovation <br /> <br />Construction and renovation is not allowed under MMRS. <br /> <br />PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE'S OFFICE OF GRANTS AND TRAINING <br /> <br />104 <br /> <br />