Date: 11/10/2015

Final
Review of ReadyOp and COOPs

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Direct Legislative Council Staff to research the sPass Without Objection



01:45 PM -- Review of ReadyOp and COOPs

The committee recessed.


01:52 PM

The committee reconvened. Committee members received an informational handout on the ReadyOp command, control, and communications system (Attachment C). Mr. Kevin Klein, Director, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, came to the table to discuss the implementation of ReadyOp and state government agency COOPs. He discussed recent progress with COOP plans for executive branch agencies and the latest emergency response guide for the executive branch. In response to a committee question regarding alert notification systems, Mr. Klein discussed a recent request for proposal for an alert notification system for state agencies. He discussed recent examples of the need for an alert system for the legislative branch. He also discussed the interface between the alert notification system and the Human Resource Information System and the potential to use the alert system for other purposes, in addition to emergencies.

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01:58 PM

In response to a committee question on the willingness of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to review the legislative branch's COOPs, Mr. Klein stated DPS is continuously reviewing COOPs for executive branch agencies and is willing to act as a consultant on COOPs for legislative branch agencies. In response to the paradigm shift generated by the implementation of ReadyOp and the sensitive nature of response plans, Mr. Klein discussed the statutory classification of Sensitive Security Material (SSM). Discussion ensued on established protocols for SSM.


02:07 PM

In response to a committee question regarding the state's response to a large disaster, Mr. Klein discussed the state's Continuity of Government (COG) plan.
BILL:Review of ReadyOp and COOPs
TIME: 02:11:35 PM
MOVED:Lambert
MOTION:Direct Legislative Council Staff to research the state's Continuity of Government plan. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Devlin
Eddins
Haskins
Herreid
Jani
Kurtz
Majors
Newell
Saine
Lambert
Winter
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection