Invitation to FEMA Webinars: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA) Program Grants, and Non-Disaster Grants System 3.0 December 9, 2019

Intergovernmental Affairs Advisory

Invitation to FEMA Webinars:

Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA) Program Grants,

and Non-Disaster Grants System 3.0

 December 9, 2019

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invites you to participate in an upcoming webinar on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program).

To enhance resilience and build capacity for jurisdictions to address complex coordinated terrorist attacks across the Nation, the Secretary of Homeland Security designated funding for FEMA to develop and administer the CCTA Program. The FY 2016 CCTA Program provides $35.94 million in funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions of different types, sizes, and capabilities to improve their ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration with the whole community.

Eligible applicants for the FY 2016 CCTA Program include:

• Local governments (as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.64)
• State governments (including all 56 States and territories, which consists of any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
• Federally-recognized Tribal governments. 

CCTA Program Webinar
FEMA is hosting a webinar for interested applicants to understand the program’s objectives and priorities, available grant funding, application requirements, application submission process, and the review and selection process. Three different dates are available to accommodate schedules. All webinars will include the same information, so it is only necessary to attend one. Advanced registration is required due to space limitations. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

Registration
CCTA Program Webinar dates, times, and registration web links are listed below. Please follow the link to register for the specified webinar. Please register for the date/time that best fits your schedule.

•  Wednesday, December 14^th – 9:00am–10:00am EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e1q195o9m2i/event/event_info.html

•  Thursday, December 15^th – 2:00pm–3:00pm EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e1rt24j6bzn/event/event_info.html

•  Monday, December 19^th – 2:00pm–3:00pm EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e2ds8j5xjhl/event/event_info.html

Please note that there will be a limited amount of conference lines available. If you plan on viewing this webinar as a group, only one registration is required to access the webinar.

Questions
We strongly encourage interested participants to send program-related questions to FEMA-CCTA@fema.dhs.gov prior to the webinar so that responses may be addressed at that time. The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) posted on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/127506 will be updated as necessary to provide responses to questions raised during the webinar.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the webinar, please send to FEMA-CCTA@fema.dhs.gov

Thank you for your interest in the FY 2016 CCTA Program and the upcoming webinar. We look forward to providing you information on this new program!

Non-Disaster Grants System Online Training
The FEMA Grant Programs Directorate will be offering the following online training session for potential applicants on the Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System 3.0 on Thursday, December 15^th, 2016 from 1:00pm–3:00pm EST.

 During the online training grantees will learn how to:

• Register and login to the ND Grants system
• Review and approve access requests
• Navigate the system  
• Assign system user roles
• Create and update organizations       
• Adding and updating contacts
• Request access to organizations       
• Start an application in Grants.Gov
• Complete & submit an application in ND Grants    
• Review and accept award packages
• Create and update amendments
• Submit & view performance reports

Registration
Online training sessions are limited to 60 participants each and registrations will be assigned on a first comes first served basis.  Interested participants must contact FEMA’s Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk to request a registration form for the ND Grants Webinar by phone at (800) 368-6498 or via e-mail to AskCSID@fema.dhs.gov.

Once registered for a training session, you will receive further instructions and information via email. If you do not receive confirmation of your registration within 48 hours of submission please e-mail NDGrants@fema.dhs.gov to ensure your registration form was received.

Questions
Any questions about the online trainings can be sent to NDGrants@fema.dhs.gov.

If you have any other questions, please contact FEMA’s Intergovernmental Affairs Division at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-IGA@fema.dhs.gov.

Follow FEMA online at www.fema.gov/blog, www.twitter.com/fema, www.facebook.com/fema and www.youtube.com/fema. 

Also, follow Administrator Craig Fugate's activities at www.twitter.com/craigatfema. The social media links provided are for reference only. FEMA does not endorse any non-government websites, companies or applications. 

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.

Haiti. Situational Awareness. December 9, 2016. Diaspora Challenge Initiative.

Haiti.  2016.  December Situational Awareness.

 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  (Click underlined links) 

 Diaspora Challenge Initiative.  Submit your application today for an opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Boston, MA, to present your innovative idea for development in Haiti.  Register to attend the symposium that will be held at MIT.  The event is FREE. Must register to attend.

1.      https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/haiti/documents/document-type/situation-report

·        Haiti: Hurricane Matthew Situation Report No. 27 - 04 Dec. 2016 [EN/FR]

·        Haiti : Border Monitoring Sitrep LXXI _ 1st December 2016 [EN]

2.      http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2016/index.htm

·        The 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2015. Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities. Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes.

3.      http://www.nationalbcc.org/news/beyond-the-rhetoric/129-pimping-the-black-diaspora-next-target-haiti

·        Pimping the Black Diaspora, Next Target: Haiti.  Why Haiti?  It's simple.  They can cram China cotton into Haiti and block any textile business in the CAFTA nations.  Keep in mind that millions of people of African descent live and work in CAFTA nations.  More than any place else, the Dominican Republic is 60% Black.  It is quickly developing textiles under CAFTA via business with the United States.  It also employs many Haitians who border the nation.

4.      http://www.ezilidanto.com/2016/12/haiti-electoral-council-tool-containment-scapegoat/    

·        Former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune Speaks on the "The roots of the ills that have been, and still plaguing Haiti's inhabitants"   Exactly one year ago today, on December 8, 2015, former Haiti Prime Minister, the honorable Yvon Neptune, speaking about the Haiti Electoral Council and fake, "political consensus," identified these as the new, extra-judicial colonial instruments, applied by the "foreign tutors who conspire to keep ultimate control over the clans," and used to manipulate "the wretched Majority so that it never really fights its own and liberating and elevating fight."

$35.94 million. Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the fiscal 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program)

FEMA Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity on Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks

12/08/2016 09:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON, DC —The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the fiscal 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program).  The CCTA Program provides $35.94 million to state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions to improve their ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration with the whole community.

Webinar Zero Hunger. Thurs. December 15, 2016 UNGC Network USA

Global Compact Network USA’s final event of the year. Join us to learn how companies large and small can contribute to making food systems more resilient, distributing food effectively at a global scale, and building an effective agricultural supply chain in a resource-constrained world.

Webinar – Zero Hunger: How U.S. companies can help achieve SDG 2

Thursday, December 15, 2:00 – 3:15pm EST

Speakers include:

·        Kim Fortunato, Director of Community Affairs, Campbell Soup Company; President, Campbell Soup Foundation

·        Matt Smith, Director, Food for Good at PepsiCo

·        Shawna Lemke, Director, Food and Nutrition Engagement, Monsanto Company

·        Adrienne Gardaz, Senior Manager, Environment, Food & Agriculture, UN Global Compact

Register here.

Warm regards,
Ryan

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Ryan Brandenburg
Network Contact

Global Compact Network USA
www.globalcompactusa.org | 203.219.5075

Weds. December 14, 2016. Venezuela's Health Sector: Current Crisis and Opportunities for International Engagement

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CSIS cordially invites you to Venezuela's Health Sector: Current Crisis and Opportunities for International Engagement   Featuring Hermes Florez, MD, PhD, MPH Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, Miami Miller School of Medicine and Visiting Professor, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela  Director, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Director, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Miami VA Healthcare System Moderated by Katherine Bliss, PhD Senior Associate, Global Health Policy Center                                                  Introductory Remarks J. Stephen Morrison, PhD Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center https://www.csis.org/node/38956 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 10:30 am - 12:00 pm  1ST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 1616 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 Venezuela is experiencing a profound public health emergency. Recent reports have highlighted shortages of essential medicines and medical supplies, failing public health infrastructure, and increasingly negative indicators related to maternal and child health, as well as to the control of infectious diseases, including malaria, and of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Yet even as Venezuelans struggle to access medicine, food and other essential commodities, the Venezuelan Government has proven reluctant to acknowledge the challenges facing its health sector. Multiple actors, including civil society organizations and multilateral institutions, are engaging in dialogue to determine how to best address the causes and consequences of the current crisis. Please join CSIS for a public discussion led by Dr. Hermes Florez, a Venezuelan health expert, and a Professor at the Miami Miller School of Medicine as well as a Visiting Professor at the Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela. The discussion will examine the origins, evolution and likely trajectory of the current health situation and the role regional bilateral partners and international organizations may be able to play in resolving the humanitarian crisis and identifying sectoral reforms that can strengthen prospects for Venezuela's health sector in the long term.

Copyright © 2016 Center for Strategic and International Studies, All rights reserved. 202-887-0200 | www.CSIS.org 1616 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW WASHINGTON, DC 20036

Webinar: December 6, 2016. MRC Year in Review

MRC Well Check Webinar tomorrow, December 6, at 2:00 pm ET. The webinar is entitled “MRC: Year in Review.”

We are excited to hear from local units who were instrumental in key preparedness and response activities this year, including response efforts to the Zika virus, a local Mumps outbreak, and Hurricane Matthew. We’ll also hear from a local unit who will share best practices from their highly-successful Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) held this Fall.

Webinar details and access instructions are below. We hope you are able to join us!

December 2016 MRC Well Check Webinar Please join us for the next MRC Well Check Webinar on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 2:00 pm ET. The webinar is entitled “MRC: Year in Review.” Featured presenters include: ·        Beatriz Quinones-Vallejo, MRC Puerto Rico Coordinator ·        Jenny Latour, Pee Dee MRC Coordinator (SC) ·        Sonya Davis, Arkansas MRC State Coordinator, and Charlenne McNeal, PhD, RN, Asst. Professor, University of Arkansas, School of Nursing ·        Tyler Tipton, Galveston County MRC Coordinator (TX) Login Information 1.      Visit https://mrc.adobeconnect.com/wcw/ 2.      Select “Enter as a Guest” 3.      Type your name in the box provided and click “Enter Room” Important: The audio for this webinar will be broadcast through your computer. Participants will not be able to use their phones for audio. This webinar is "listen only." Details Date: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM ET Duration: 1 hour Questions? If you have any questions, please contact MRCcontact@hhs.gov. Test Your Computer We are using Adobe Connect for this month’s webinar. We recommend that you test your computer for compatibility prior to the meeting.

Webinar: ADA. December 8, 2016. Perspectives of Building Occupants with Mobility Impairments on Fire Evacuation and Elevators

ADA National Network/FEMA Webinar Series: Emergency Management and Preparedness-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities The following is provided by the Pacific ADA Center

Webinar Reminder - "ADA National Network Learning Session:  Perspectives of Building Occupants with Mobility Impairments on Fire Evacuation and Elevators" December 8th, 2016 A reminder that the next webinar will occur on December 8th, 2016. Webinars begin at 2.30pm ET/1.30pm CT/12.30 pm MT/11.30am PT/9.30am Hawaii. Registration: Free on-line at http://www.adapresentations.org/registration.php Safe and effective evacuation during a fire or other catastrophic event requires planning, practice, and available options to exit the building. Building occupants with mobility impairments face additional difficulties during fire evacuations, which may limit their evacuation options. This webinar presents a study that was conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop guidance for building designers, facility managers, safety officers and emergency personnel on how occupants, particularly those with mobility impairments, can most effectively evacuate buildings during fire emergencies. NIST researchers conducted face-to-face interviews with 51 people with mobility impairments located in five major metropolitan areas who work in multistory buildings. They were asked about their everyday mobility at work, their experiences with fire drills or fire emergencies at work, and their opinions about using elevators to leave a building during a fire evacuation. Of particular interest were their responses to a description of occupant evacuation elevators (OEEs), egress systems with the potential to get people with mobility impairments out of a building safely and quickly, without the assistance of others, and without having to leave their mobility devices behind. The study identified a wide range of issues surrounding the evacuation of occupants with mobility impairments. Key to all of these issues is the need to include those with mobility impairments in the planning and execution of fire evacuations and to facilitate their ability for self-evacuation as much as is practicable. Learning objectives: Understand the variety of experiences, both positive and negative, that occupants with mobility impairments have with fire evacuations. Identify the evacuation methods that occupants with mobility impairments may use in response to a fire emergency, along with the reported benefits and concerns with each. Describe the concept of Occupant Evacuation Elevators (OEEs). Name the key factors that improve the fire evacuation experience of occupants with mobility impairments. Presenters: Kathryn Butler is a Physicist in the Fire Research Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She has studied a wide range of fire-related topics, including emergency communication, respirator fit, fire spread in wildland-urban interface fires, and fire behavior of materials. Erica Kuligowski is the Group Leader of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Group in the Fire Research Division at NIST, with a background in fire protection engineering and sociology. Her research interests include evacuation and response behavior, people movement and behavioral data collection and analysis from fires and other emergencies, emergency communications, and evacuation modeling. Susanne Furman is a cognitive scientist in the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Visualization and Usability Group, where she works on and investigates user's mental models in cybersecurity and usability of biometric devices for the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Furman has a PhD in applied experimental psychology human factors from George Mason University. These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform. Collaborate downloads files to your machine in order to run. We recommend that you prepare your technology prior to the start of the session. You may need the assistance of your IT Staff if firewalls prevent you from downloading files. To view all of the sessions for the coming year, or to see previous sessions, go to http://www.adapresentations.org/schedule.php The information presented in this webinar is intended solely as informal guidance, and is neither a determination of legal rights or responsibilities by NIDILRR or FEMA.

Copyright © 2016 Pacific ADA Center, All rights reserved.

Water Security. January 2017. Interstate Groundwater Disputes and the U.S. Supreme Court

Click here for link to registration

Interstate Groundwater Disputes and the U.S. Supreme Court

1. Tue, Jan 24, 2017 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

More than 30 interstate compacts govern the use of water from shared lakes and rivers in the United States. However, there is not a single legal agreement in place between states to guide the apportionment of groundwater that crosses state lines. In 2013, Nevada and Utah appeared poised to be the first two states to reach such an agreement, but ultimately they failed. Now, with a longstanding groundwater dispute between Mississippi and Tennessee headed for the U.S. Supreme Court, a legal precedent governing the apportionment of interstate groundwater is imminent. This webinar will address the possible outcomes of Mississippi v. Tennessee, implications for interstate groundwater policy and the role of interstate compacts in resolving water disputes between states.

$$$ Noninvasive Research Study. National Human Genome Research Institute

The National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking healthy adult volunteers to participate in a research study. Doctors want to study the chromosomes in healthy individuals so they can learn more about why some people develop chromosome abnormalities and some do not.

Eligible participants:

• Are healthy
• 18-55 years old

During the study, you will:

• Have one outpatient visit that will last about four hours
• Have a physical exam
• Have bloodwork and two skin biopsies
• Receive compensation for your participation

Study visits take place at the NIH Clinical Center, America’s Research Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. We are on the Metro red line (Medical Center stop).

For more information, call:
Office of Patient Recruitment
1-866-444-1132
TTY: 1-866-411-1010
Online: clinicaltrials.gov and search by study 12-HG-0181

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DHS Reverse Industry Day (January 10, 2017) Register Now in FAITAS!

The next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Reverse Industry Day (RID) is fast approaching. After the overwhelming success of the first and second RIDs, the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer will be hosting a third event on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.  This full-day event is a unique opportunity to engage with industry representatives to learn more about industry processes and methodologies related to identifying and tracking DHS opportunities, pricing, proposal preparation, and various contract performance considerations.  Past events have featured important topics such as demystifying the private sector, how vendors decide whether to bid (or not) on a solicitation, and factors affecting innovation and the participation of non-traditional vendors.  You will have an opportunity to ask specific questions of the industry panel members and hear from Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa as well as other DHS senior leaders about the importance of your role in industry engagement and how it directly supports the DHS mission.

RID is a no-charge, resident event in support of Acquisition Innovations in Motion and the Secretary’s Unity of Effort initiative.  It is designed to improve DHS’s understanding of industry practices related to identifying, tracking, pricing, bidding, winning, and performing on DHS contracts.  The purpose is to provide the acquisition workforce an opportunity to learn about the issues that are most important to industry when doing business with the Department. 

This event will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST and is available for registration via FAITAS; look for FCL-DHS-0041. Step by step registration instructions are below.  Space is limited, and on a first come first serve basis, so register soon.

*Please note that registration MUST be completed by Wednesday, January 4, 2017, before 11:59 pm.  

8 CLPs will be given for participating in this event. 

Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Location of Event: Omni Shoreham Hotel  2500 Calvert St NW, Washington D.C. 20008

Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST (Registration begins the morning of the event at 8:00 AM)

Parking: Valet available at hotel for $49/day

Metro: Woodley Park-Zoo Metro Station (Red Line)

HOW TO REGISTER IN FAITAS:

·        Login to FAITAS - https://faitas.army.mil/faitas

·        Click “Manage Career/Training/Search for Training” link

·        Select the top-right radio button under the Standard Search to “Order by Course Number”

·        Select “Course ID” from the drop down list (Example: FCL-DHS-0041), and click submit

·        Select the location (Example: Washington, DC)

·        Click on the Class # (Example # 001)

·        Then click on “Submit Request” button at bottom of page

Best regards,

2017 Presidential Inauguration. Work in D.C.? Do you really want to got to work that day?

Federal employees in the Washington, D.C. metro area only will have to report to work for three days during the week of Jan. 16.

The Office of Personnel Management confirmed the plan is for federal workers to be off on inauguration day, Jan. 20. 

Acting OPM Director Beth Cobert wrote a memo explaining that every federal employee around the country will be off on Jan. 16 in commemoration of Martin Luther King Day.

Read the latest news about the incoming administration on our Tracking the Transition page.

Additionally, she said federal employees who work in the “Inauguration Day area,” which is defined in law as the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia, will be off on Jan. 20 as well.

“The legislative history states that the holiday was established to allow employees working in the inauguration day area to attend the nearby inaugural ceremonies and to avoid the traffic problems and work disruptions that would occur if employees were required to report for duty,” Cobert wrote.

OPM also clarified how telework agreements will work on Jan. 20.

Employees who are scheduled to telework on inauguration day at a location within the DC metro area are off that day no matter where their official worksite is located.

Employees who are scheduled to telework on inauguration day at a location outside the DC metro area are not on vacation that day, again, no matter where their worksite is located.

Additionally, agencies are strongly encouraged to let federal employees telework or work an alternative work schedule the other three days of the week.

“In addition, federal employees who work in the downtown Washington, DC, area and its vicinity should expect significant commuting delays and travel disruptions on Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19 due to extensive road closures, mass transit changes, motorcades, and the establishment of security perimeters,” Cobert wrote. “To help alleviate traffic congestion and minimize distraction to law enforcement and security officials, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is urging agencies to permit employees to use their workplace flexibility options on Wednesday, 

January 18 and Thursday, January 19. Accordingly, OPM strongly encourages agencies to allow employees to telework to keep the federal government operating while helping to minimize traffic congestion and support law enforcement efforts during these events. Employees may also request to use their alternative work schedule day off, annual leave, leave without pay, previously earned compensatory time off, and/or earned credit hours under a flexible work schedule.”