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The Grantsmanship Institute
provides government agencies and businesses a step-by-step approach for
preparing a Continuity of Operations Plan (disaster recovery), which address short term losses
as well as long term losses for their systems, buildings and services. These
completed plans will allow the organization to address the steps to be taken
in order to maintain the operation of their critical functions, in the event
of contingencies, losses, disruptions or disasters.
As
lead emergency coordinating officer and under the direction of Florida’s
Chief Justice Anstead, Christine the founder of the Grantsmanship Institute was charged with formulating a detailed
strategy to facilitate the development, testing and implementation of the
Trail Courts Continuity of Operations Plan.
What is a Continuity of Operations Plan?
A Continuity of
Operations Plan is to provide reasonable methods to conduct prevention,
response, resumption, recovery and restoration to services, should events
occur which prevent normal operations. The Continuity of Operations Plan
must be fully documented and operationally tested periodically, at a
minimum; these plans should be tested on an annual basis.
The COOP must provide
for the re-establishment of only those office assets necessary to support
essential operations. Determining the specific resource requirements begins
with a critical review of existing resources. Following the inventory, the
COOP planner, office senior official, and key end-users must determine the
minimum resources required to establish a viable, effective office in an
alternate location for an undetermined period of time.
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Consultation and
Step-by-Step Continuity of Operations Kit Includes:
Continuity of operations
planning involves more than planning for a move offsite if a disaster
occurs. It addresses how to keep an organization’s critical functions
operating. The continuity planning process is covered in six steps:
Step 1 - Identify
Mission- or Business-Critical Functions.
Step 2 - Identify Resources that Support Critical Functions.
Step 3 - Anticipate Potential Contingencies or Disasters.
Step 4 - Select Continuity of Operations Planning Strategies.
Step 5 - Document Continuity of Operations Strategies.
Step 6 - Test and Revise Strategies.
Appendix A: System
Criticality Questionnaire.
Appendix B: System Critical Resource Inventory Outline
Appendix C: Continuity of Operations Plan Model
Things to remember:
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