Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Emergency Planning in the Government Environment Training Workshop XVI

Catastrophic response, challenges, and immediate lessons learned

This July 2014 Continuity Training Workshop is the 15th Presentation of this very informative program consistently rated as "Excellent" by previous attendees - the Previous 14 times. (Material is Updated to Include the Latest Guidance from NIST, DHS and Administration Initiatives)

We are so confident in the quality of this COOP Workshop, that we offer a guarantee you will be pleased with the quality of the instruction and information presented to help your agency.  If not satisfied, we will give you a 100% refund of your registration fee.

In this time of government budget reductions, justifying each training event becomes more and more challenging. This Continuity Workshop has been presented 14 previous times and each time has been evaluated as "Excellent" by both government and industry attendees alike. The benefits gained from attending this Workshop will provide a significant return on time and dollar investment. The information presented, templates, lessons learned and presentations by our experienced instructors who know Continuity Planning both in the Commercial and Government sector will save your organization significant resource expenditures in both time and effort to help your agency improve and implement a more effective and compliant Continuity Program.

The recent government challenges with weather related closures, electrical outages, fires, and natural disasters reinforce the importance of having an executable Continuity Program.  Executives and managers who support COOP within their organization will be commended for their foresight. Those who do not support COOP will be evaluated appropriately when an emergency condition requires COOP Activation.

Can your agency afford to not have a practical, implementable and compliant Continuity Program regardless of its size?

Latest Information from DHS Lessons Learned from
Government COOP Exercises that include CAPSTONE and EAGLE HORIZON

Industry and Government Leaders Present Practical Solutions to Government Continuity of Operations Requirements.

Hear from industry experts and government managers leading Business Continuity Planning and Continuity of Operations Development. This Instructor Team presents practical, real-life solutions required to establish or improve a Continuity Program within your Federal, State, Local, Tribal, or Private Sector organization. The key to success in moving your COOP program forward is gaining the foothold within your organization’s culture and business processes. You will hear from Federal Agency Leadership about their development of a COOP Program that has been recognized by DHS as best practice. Learn about impacts of current events that drive Telework, Resilience, Reconstitution and other key response and recovery strategies.

Learn about the New COOP Requirements and what they mean for your organization. The Federal Government’s continuity requirements are currently being updated and this workshop will address the new developments and how it will impact your organization.  
 

The main focus of this year’s Federal Government CAPTONE and Eagle Horizon Exercise was executable COOP planning, Devolution of Operations and Reconstitution in support to Mission Essential Functions. This workshop will address all aspects of lessons learned and the direction forward that include best practices for coordinating devolution and reconstitution efforts within your Continuity Program. If your organization is in the grips of planning for devolution or in the heat of understanding and implementing a practical reconstitution strategy, this workshop is for you.

Learn how to Justify COOP Programs to Senior Management and Build Cooperation and Consensus at the “Front Line” levels. Instructors will simply and clearly answer the “what’s in it for me” question from the leadership level through, and right down to the individual implementers' level. This technique, though simple and easily tailored, is often the key to gain leadership’s buy-in and individual understanding of the complexities involving the many facets of COOP.  You will see a simple concept that will allow you to capture, catalog, measure and report on existing Continuity Implementations that already exist within your organization. 

Consider this Workshop

• If you have a COOP Program that is just taking off
• If you have an established COOP Program and want to become familiar with how the new federal guidance has changed in the as little as the last year
• If you are new to the Federal COOP environment
• If you are in top leadership and need to learn more about what you are “on the hook” for within COOP
• If you have recently taken over an existing COOP Program and want to ensure that it is up to speed with the industry’s best practices

... then this is the session for you to deliver a practical and sustainable COOP Program that complies with government regulations, best practices and effective management.