RECONSTITUTION QUESTIONNAIRE
INSTRUCTIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 20 / NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL
DIRECTIVE 50 MANDATES THAT CONTINUITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES SHALL INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR RECONSTITUTION CAPABILITIES THAT ALLOW FOR
RECOVERY FROM A CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY AND RESUMPTION OF NORMAL OPERATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) HAS BEEN ASSIGNED THE PRIMARY
MISSION ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THE PHYSICIAL RECONSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS DESIGNED TO HELP EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THOROUGHLY
IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT THEIR PHYSICAL RECONSTITUTION NEEDS. THIS FORM WILL HELP GSA
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND BETTER PLAN FOR
POTENTIAL RECONSTITUTION SCENARIOS, AS WELL AS HELP DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES WITH THEIR
INTERNAL RECONSTITUTION PLANNING EFFORTS. THIS FORM SHALL BE COMPLETED IN ADVANCE OF A
RECONSTITUTION EVENT AND SENT TO THE GSA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. DURING AN ACTUAL RECONSTITUTION EVENT, DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES SHALL CONTACT THEIR NORMAL GSA POINT OF CONTACT FOR RECONSTITUTION ASSISTANCE
(I.E. GSA PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE REGIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER).
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOLLOWING A MAJOR RECONSTITUTION EVENT, A DEPARTMENT OR
AGENCY WOULD LIKELY OCCUPY A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT FACILITY, FOR POTENTIALLY SEVERAL
YEARS, BEFORE A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT FACILITY WOULD BE READY. FURTHERMORE, IT IS LIKELY
THERE MAY BE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE AFTER SUCH AN EVENT AND IT MAY BECOME
NECESSARY TO PRIORITIZE THE ORDER IN WHICH DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES RECEIVE SPACE.
THEREFORE, WHEN COMPLETING THIS FORM, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO
IDENTIFY SPACE NEEDS THEY WOULD REALISTICALLY HAVE IMMEDIATELY UPON TRANSITIONING BACK
FROM CONTINUITY OPERATIONS TO NORMAL OPERATIONS (APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS AFTER AN EVENT).
THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS APPLY TO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE:
1. ALL RECONSTITUION REQUESTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, WILL BE FOR CLASS A OFFICE SPACE.
2. DURING A CONTINUITY EVENT, GSA WILL UTLILIZE THE LATEST VERSION OF THE CONTINUITY
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TO CONTACT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES REGARDING RECONSTITUTION
NEEDS.
3. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DIRECTIVE 3-10 AND OMB MEMORANDUM M-05-16 APPLY TO THE
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS SECTION.
I. POINTS OF CONTACT
RECONSTITUTION BACK-UP POINT OF CONTACT:
RECONSTITUTION POINT OF CONTACT:
NAME:
NAME:
CELL PHONE NUMBER:
CELL PHONE NUMBER:
EMAIL:
EMAIL:
WHO IS YOUR UNCLASSIFIED IT POINT OF CONTACT?
WHO IS YOUR CLASSIFIED IT POINT OF CONTACT?
WHO IS YOUR SECURITY OFFICE (SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS) POINT OF CONTACT?
II. DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
NAME OF THE AGENCY:
AGENCY BUREAU CODE:
CURRENT LOCATION OF PRIMARY FACILITY (CITY AND STATE):
III. PERSONNEL
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WILL WORK AT
DO YOU NEED TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONNEL
NEW SITE?
TO THE RECONSTITUTION SITE?
STANDARD FORM 2050 (7/2011)