IEM
Project Formulation
Detail Review
PAPPG/Basic PA Concept
Procurement
100

The system where IEM employee time is captured.

What is ADP?

100

Record or Near-Record Snowfall 

What constitutes a Snow Emergency? 

100

This project doesn’t require a review or payment trigger, and payment is created upon obligation

What is a Small Project?

100

1st) Applicant
2nd) Facility
3rd) Work
4th) Cost 

What are the 4 Basic Components of Public Assistance Eligibility?

100

What was once $250,000 is now set at $1,000,000.

What is the simplified acquisition threshold?

200

DARRTT spelled out

What is the Disaster Associated Response and Recovery Task Tracker?

200

The first substantive meeting between the applicant and FEMA?

What is The Recovery Scoping Meeting?

200

The first document in the Detail Review Packet

What is the Reimbursement Detail/Documentation of expenses?

200

6 Months for Emergency Work and 18 Months for Permanent Work.

What are Project Deadlines?

200

The review and evaluation of the separate cost elements or line items (such as labor hours, overhead, materials, etc.) and proposed profit in a proposal to determine a fair and reasonable price for a contract.

What is a Cost Analysis?

300

State & Local Response & Recovery Division

What is the IEM SLRR?

300

This is developed after the Recipient and Applicant agree on the Damage, Description, and Dimensions.

What is the Scope of Work?

300

I am performed by the applicants’ employees, rather than by a contractor.

What is FAL (Force Account Labor)?

300

Improved Project, Alternate Project, Alternative Procedures Project or 428 Project

What are Capped Projects? 

300

Where the federal procurement standards applicable to state entities are set forth.

What is 2 C.F.R. § 200?

400

Our professional development and online training site.

What is IEM Learn?

400

What the applicant needs to repair incident related damage.  

What is proof of Legal Responsibility?

400

This step ensures that the Reimbursement request are within the parameters of state and federal laws

What is QA/QC?

400

Although typically this is a 75%-25% split, if it meets qualifying thresholds, it can be increased to a 90%-10% split or even 100% federally funded.

What is the Federal Cost Share?

400

Remedies, Cause and Convenience, Equal Employment Opportunity, Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

What are examples of Required Contract Clauses/Provisions?

500

To build a safe, secure, and resilient world.

What is IEM's Mission?

500

FEMA commonly refers to this as PA-funded hazard mitigation.

What is 406 hazard mitigation?

500

It tracks adjustments for out of scope, ineligible items, duplicates, cost overruns, etc

What is CET (Cost Estimate Tracker)/Cost line items?

500

This is requested when a State, Territorial, or Indian Tribal Government determines that an incident may exceed State, Territorial, Indian Tribal, and local government's capabilities to respond.

What is a Presidential Declaration?

500

Micro-purchases, small purchase procedures, sealed bidding, proposals, or the noncompetitive proposal.

What are methods of procurement?