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and assessment of risk through the THIRA. States must maintain and update their THIRAs and their SPRs annually to ensure that the community's shared understanding of risk evolves to account for changes in the risk landscape, including successful mitigation efforts, emerging threats, hazards, and associated consequences. Information on the National Preparedness System can be found in the http://www fema.gov/nationa_l-preparedness-s spm, which is posted on the FEMA website. Additional details regarding the National Preparedness System and how it is supported by the EMPG Program can be found in Appendix A — FY 2016 EMPG Program Priorities. Payments DHS/FEMA utilizes the DHS/FEMA Payment and Reporting System (PARS)for financial reporting, invoicing and tracking payments. Monitoring EMPG recipients will be monitored programmatically and financially biannually and as needed by FEMA staff to ensure that the activities and project goals, objectives, performance requirements, timelines, milestone completion, budgets, and other related program criteria are being met. Monitoring may be accomplished through either a desk -based review or on-site monitoring visits, or both. Monitoring will involve the review and analysis of the financial, programmatic, performance, compliance and administrative processes, policies, activities, and other attributes of each federal assistance award and will 'identify areas where technical assistance, corrective actions and other support that may needed. Conflict of Interest To eliminate and reduce the impact of conflicts of interest in the subaward process, recipients and pass-through entities must follow their own policies and procedures regarding the elimination or reduction of conflicts of interest when making subawards. Recipients and pass- through entities also are required to follow any applicable state, local, or tribal statutes or regulations governing conflicts of interest in the malting of subawards. The recipient or pass-through entity must disclose to FEMA, in writing, any real or potential conflict of interest as defined by the federal, state, local, or tribal statutes or regulations or their own existing policies that may arise during the administration of the federal award. Recipients and pass-through entities must disclose any real or potential conflicts to their Regional EMPG Program Manager within five days of learning of the conflict of interest. Similarly, subrecipients must disclose any real or potential conflict of interest to the pass-through entity as required by the Recipient's conflict of interest policies, or any applicable state, local, or tribal statutes or regulations. Conflicts of interest may arise during the process of FEMA making a federal award in situations where an employee, officer, or agent, any members of his or her immediate family, or his or her partner has a close personal relationship, a business relationship, or a professional relationship, with an applicant, subapplicant, recipient, subrecipient, or FEMA employee. Page 22 of 46 FY 2016 EMPG 55A-92