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• Funding may not be used to supplant ongoing , routine public safety activities of state and local emergency responders , and may not be used to hire staff for operational activities or backfill F. Overtime and Backfill Guidance Overtime : Expenses incurred by those personnel who, as a result of FEMA-approved activities , are performing over and above their normal , scheduled work hours or work week . Backfill (also called Overtime as Backfill) : Expenses incurred by those personnel who are working over and above their normal , scheduled work hours , or work week , in order to perform the duties of other personnel who are temporarily assigned to FEMA-approved activities outside their core responsibilities . The OJP OC does not distinguish between Overtime and Overtime as Backfill – they are both viewed as overtime regardless of whether the individual has performed more hours in their normally assigned place of duty or if the overtime accrued as a result of being re-assigned to a different place of duty. Overtime and backfill do not result in an increase of full-time employees (FTEs) . Il . National Preparedness Initiatives Urban Areas are strongly encouraged to pay close attention to the language in these sections in order to stay abreast of initiatives being highlighted by DHS and to comply with associated program requirements. A. National Incident Management System ( NIMS ) Prior to Fiscal Year ( FY) 2007, IMSI required jurisdictions to self-certify their NIMS compliance . Beginning in FY 2007 , NIMS compliance was determined by State , territory , Tribal Nation and local government responses to performance-based "metrics" . IMSI developed these compliance metrics from previously-required implementation objectives specified in the FY 2006 N/MS Implementation Matrix for States and Territories and the FY 2006 NIMS Implementation Matrix for Tribal Governments and Local Jurisdictions. Additionally , the NIMS Compliance Assistance Support Tool ( NIMSCAST) has been expanded to incorporate these metrics as well as provide stakeholders with a way to collect and report data relating to NIMS implementation and compliance . IMSI will analyze this data to help shape the future of its NIMS compliance program . 1 . FY 2008 NIMS Compliance Requirements In FY 2008, there are 38 NIMS compliance objectives . Twenty-four (24) of these objectives are pre- existing objectives with which local governments must continue to comply . Only one additional compliance objective under Resource Management, #21 , is new to States and territories , Tribal Nations , and local governments in this fiscal year. One objective under Preparedness: Training was previously issued in FY 2007 and is a compliance objective requiring Tribal Nation compliance by the end of FY 2009 . IMSI identifies an additional 11 FY 2009 objectives for which States and Territories , Tribal Nation , and Local government can plan . Projected FY 2009 compliance objective include: • Complete ICS-400 Advanced ICS training or equivalent by appropriate personnel (as identified in the Five-Year NIMS Training Plan , February 2008 ) . • Complete Emergency Management Framework Course—Awareness Training (as identified in the Five- Year NIMS Training Plan , February 2008) • Include preparedness organizations and elected and appointed officials in the development of emergency operations plans ( EDPs) . • Plan for special needs populations in the development of EDPs (to include , but not limited to , individuals with limited English language proficiency; individuals with disabilities ; children ; the aged , etc . ) . • Include NGOs and the private sector in an all-hazards exercise program , when appropriate . • Promote the integration of Incident Command , Multiagency Coordination System , and Public Information into appropriate exercises and evaluate against associated target capabilities (refer to HSEEP Volume III and the Exercise Evaluation Guides) Institute procedures and protocols for operational and information security during an incident/planned event . • Institute multidisciplinary and/or multi-jurisdictional procedures and protocols for standardization of data collection and analysis to utilize or share information during an incident/planned event. • Develop procedures and protocols for communications (to include voice , data , access to geospatial information , InternetANeb use , and data encryption ) , where applicable , to utilize or share information during an incident/planned event .