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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 USBP 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 are to 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. The recipient 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 its award on overtime over the course of the performance period, requests for a PRICE Act waiver would be submitted at the time of the waiver request. The operations plan will meet both the SAA expectations to obligate the funds within 45 days 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 recipient is ready to conduct operations, the area IPT will begin planning tactical operations. The tracking number for each operational plan will be assigned by CBP/USBP. The tactical operation number will remain intact for the duration of the grant's period of performance. In the event that changes or additional funding requests to the original operational plan must be made, a Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) will be created. These modifications will be annotated in the annex section of the FRAGO. 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) intelligence driven, with a nexus to border security; 4) use of targeted enforcement techniques; 5) clearly stated objectives; and 6) 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 future 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. 67 Appendix E—OPSG Operational Guidance