Exercising: Has the organization conducted The organization tests alert and notification procedures and testing of and notification procedures? implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous tests. Exercising: Has the organization conducted The organization tested activation procedures and testing of activation procedures? implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous Exercising: Has the organization conducted The organization tested accountability procedures and testing of accountability procedures? implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous tests. Exercising: Has the organization conducted The organization tested communications capabilities with testing of the interoperable and available internal and external partners and implemented communications capabilities that support improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an identified essential functions? improvement compared to previous Exercising: Has the organization conducted The organization tested recovery time objectives for critical testing of critical systems and equipment systems and equipment and implemented improvement and strategies to meet associated recovery action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement time objectives? compared to previous tests. Exercising: Has the organization regularly The organization, including senior leadership, exercised the conducted organization-wide continuity comprehensive continuity plan via functional or full scale exercises that include exercising of exercises. The organization incorporated all or parts of the mitigation options that support the plan into organization-wide exercises and implemented continuance of essential functions? improvement action planning. Exercising: Has the organization conducted The organization, including senior leadership, exercises the exercises of the reconstitution plan or reconstitution plan via functional or full scale exercises. All or procedures to exercise recovery from the parts of the plan are incorporated into organization-wide effects of an emergency and transitioning exercises. Improvement action planning is being back to normal operations after continuity implemented. plan activation? Exercising: Has the organization exercised The organization exercised the synchronization of other inter- with internal and external partners to and intra-organizational continuity plans and programs with coordinate continuity plans and programs? the organization's continuity plan and program and participated in associated improvement action planning to improve partner coordination. Maintaining Training: Has the organization regularly All primary and alternate continuity personnel, to include trained continuity personnel on continuity leadership and/or elected officials, received up-to-date plans and strategies? training within the past year and annually over a multi-year period. Training: Have continuity personnel Continuity personnel participated in regular training with and participated in regular continuity training on inter- and intra-organizational continuity plans and activities with other continuity programs programs within the past year and annually over a multi-year (both internally and externally) on a regular period. basis?
Exercising: Has the organization conducted testing of and notification procedures? The organization tests alert and notification procedures and implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous tests. Exercising: Has the organization conducted testing of activation procedures? The organization tested activation procedures and implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous Exercising: Has the organization conducted testing of accountability procedures? The organization tested accountability procedures and implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous tests. Exercising: Has the organization conducted testing of the interoperable and available communications capabilities that support identified essential functions? The organization tested communications capabilities with internal and external partners and implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous Exercising: Has the organization conducted testing of critical systems and equipment and strategies to meet associated recovery time objectives? The organization tested recovery time objectives for critical systems and equipment and implemented improvement action planning. Testing demonstrated an improvement compared to previous tests. Exercising: Has the organization regularly conducted organization-wide continuity exercises that include exercising of mitigation options that support the continuance of essential functions? The organization, including senior leadership, exercised the comprehensive continuity plan via functional or full scale exercises. The organization incorporated all or parts of the plan into organization-wide exercises and implemented improvement action planning. Exercising: Has the organization conducted exercises of the reconstitution plan or procedures to exercise recovery from the effects of an emergency and transitioning back to normal operations after continuity plan activation? The organization, including senior leadership, exercises the reconstitution plan via functional or full scale exercises. All or parts of the plan are incorporated into organization-wide exercises. Improvement action planning is being implemented. Exercising: Has the organization exercised with internal and external partners to coordinate continuity plans and programs? The organization exercised the synchronization of other inter- and intra-organizational continuity plans and programs with the organization's continuity plan and program and participated in associated improvement action planning to improve partner coordination. Maintaining Training: Has the organization regularly trained continuity personnel on continuity plans and strategies? All primary and alternate continuity personnel, to include leadership and/or elected officials, received up-to-date training within the past year and annually over a multi-year period. Training: Have continuity personnel participated in regular continuity training activities with other continuity programs (both internally and externally) on a regular basis? Continuity personnel participated in regular training with and on inter- and intra-organizational continuity plans and programs within the past year and annually over a multi-year period.
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