ODP Informational Bulletin
                 No. 00-025   December 19, 2000
                                
          TO:       State Administrative Agency Heads
          State Administrative Agency Heads Points of Contact

          FROM:     C.H. (Butch) Straub, II
          Director

          SUBJECT:  Training and Technical Assistance

On September 25, 2000, ODP sent out an information bulletin requesting that each State
Administrative Agency appoint an individual as the contact person responsible for the training
aspect of your state-wide domestic preparedness plan, and the delivery of ODP training
programs in your state.  If you have not responded to our first request please use the attached
form to convey this information to ODP.

As you know, it is the State Administrative Agency's responsibility to plan and execute a
comprehensive threat and needs assessment, and develop a three-year plan to enhance the state's
overall emergency response capabilities to terrorist events.  ODP will allocate its training,
equipment, technical assistance, and exercise resources in accordance with the state's three year
strategy.  In order to better facilitate the delivery of these programs to the jurisdictions in your
state ODP will designate a staff member to work directly with your agency to implement your
state strategy.  ODP expects to implement it's training programs, based on the submission
and review of the state strategies, beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2002.

Prior to the implementation of ODP training programs in FY 2002, ODP would like to
set up a process which enables it to work closely with your designated training point of contact
(POC) for scheduling requested ODP training for your state.  In order for a jurisdiction in
your state to attend a training class delivered by one of  ODP'ss training partners [Center for
Domestic Preparedness (CDP), Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), Nevada Test Site
(NTS), Louisiana State University (LSU), etc.], they must provide a request to your designated
training point of contact.  Once the request has been approved by your state's designated training
point of contact, the Training POC will work with the ODP training partner who delivers the
requested training, to schedule the training at their site for the jurisdiction.  To offer all
jurisdictions the same opportunity to attend classes the ODP training partners will no longer
accept requests for training from a jurisdiction.  In the event that a jurisdiction does contact the
individual training centers, they will be directed back to your state's designated training point of
contact for approval.  This process will begin on February 1, 2000.

If you have not appointed a contact person that will be responsible for the delivery of ODP
training programs in your state, please do so as soon as possible.   Once you have appointed this
individual please use the attached form to convey this information to Darrell Darnell, Training
Program Manager.  If you have any questions, Mr. Darnell can be reached at (202) 307-6860 or
DarnellD@OJP.USDOJ.GOV