Operation Plan Template Page 11
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43[Month Day, Year]
[Organization Name] Manual ####.#
• [Enter appropriate regional/office designation here] holds primary responsibility for
identifying, coordinating, and training personnel required to perform devolved essential
functions. The other [enter appropriate regional/office designation] will support this
plan, as appropriate; and
• [Enter appropriate office/division within your organization] is responsible for the
annual review and update of this plan.
1.9
D
EFINITIONS
This section should contain a list of key words and phrases used throughout the devolution of
operations plan. Each key word and phrase should be clearly defined. Sample text for this
section includes:
Terms that are unique to this plan and/or the broad understanding of continuity of operations and
devolution of operations are defined below:
• Continuity of Government (COG): A coordinated effort within each branch of
government (e.g., the Federal Government’s executive branch) to ensure that National
Essential Functions (NEFs) continue to be performed during a catastrophic emergency.
Note, this term may also be applied to non-Federal governments.
• Continuity of Operations (COOP): An effort within individual agencies to ensure they
can continue to perform their Mission Essential Functions (MEFs) and Primary Mission
Essential Functions (PMEFs) during a wide range of emergencies, including localized
acts of nature, accidents, and technological or attack-related emergencies.
• Devolution Emergency Response Group (DERG): Regional, subcomponent, and
available [Organization Name] staff that assume the responsibility and execution of
[Organization Name]
primary operating facility essential functions during a devolution
of operations activation.
• Devolution Director: The successor who succeeds the Director,
[Organization Name],
and serves as the Devolution Emergency Response Group Director. According to the
delegation of authority for the Director, [Organization Name]
, the successor must be
confirmed and not acting.
• Devolution of Operations: The capability to transfer statutory authority and
responsibility for essential functions from an agency’s primary operating staff and
facilities to other agency employees and facilities, and to sustain that operational
capability for an extended period.
• Devolution of Operations Phases: The four levels of operations implemented in
response to a crisis, attack, or catastrophe that render primary operating facility personnel
unavailable to, or incapable of, maintaining essential functions at the primary or alternate
locations. The phases are implemented sequentially and include: Readiness and
Preparedness, Activation and Relocation, Devolution Operations, and Reconstitution.
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