Documentation from SAA on how operational overtime UASI funds held by State would support urban area

OMB Control Number: 1660-0125

Expiration Date: 12/31/2013

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Organization (SHSP and UASI Only)

Organizational activities include:

 Program management;

 Development of whole community partnerships;

Structures and mechanisms for information sharing between the public and private sector;

 Tools, resources and activities that facilitate shared situational awareness between the public and private sectors;

 Operational Support;

 As identified in priority one utilization of standardized resource management concepts such as typing, inventorying, organizing, and tracking to facilitate the dispatch, deployment, and recovery of resources before, during, and after an incident;

 Responding to an increase in the threat level under the National Terrorism

Advisory System (NTAS), or needs in resulting from a National Special Security

Event; and

 Paying salaries and benefits for personnel to serve as qualified intelligence analysts.

States and Urban Areas must justify proposed expenditures of SHSP or UASI funds to support organization activities within their IJ submission by using historical data or other analysis. All States are allowed to utilize up to 50 percent (50%) of their FY 2012 SHSP funding and all Urban Areas are allowed up to 50 percent (50%) of their FY 2012 UASI funding for personnel costs. At the request of a recipient of a grant, the Administrator may grant a waiver of the 50 percent (50%) limitation noted above.

Operational overtime costs. In support of efforts to enhance capabilities for detecting, deterring, disrupting, and preventing acts of terrorism, operational overtime costs are allowable for increased security measures at critical infrastructure sites. FY 2012 SHSP or UASI funds for organizational costs may be used to support select operational expenses associated with increased security measures at critical infrastructure sites in the following authorized categories:

- Backfill and overtime expenses (as defined in this FOA) for staffing State or Major Urban Area fusion centers;

- Hiring of contracted security for critical infrastructure sites;

- Public safety overtime (as defined in this FOA);

- Title 32 or State Active Duty National Guard deployments to protect critical infrastructure sites, including all resources that are part of the standard

National Guard deployment package (Note: Consumable costs, such as fuel expenses, are not allowed except as part of the standard National Guard deployment package); and

- Increased border security activities in coordination with CBP, as outlined in Information Bulletin 135.

FY 2012 SHSP funds may only be spent for operational overtime costs upon prior approval provided in writing by the FEMA Administrator.

Note: States with UASI jurisdictions can use funds retained at the State level to reimburse eligible operational overtime expenses incurred by the State (per the above guidance limitations and up to a maximum of 50 percent (50%) of the State share of the UASI grant). Any UASI funds retained by the State must be used in direct support of the Urban Area. States must provide documentation to the Urban Area Working Group

(UAWG) and FEMA upon request demonstrating how any UASI funds retained by the

State would directly support the Urban Area.