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GETS Eligibility Criteria
There are five broad categories that
serve as guidelines for determining eligibility for GETS. These
users may be in Federal, State, local, or tribal government, critical
infrastructure sectors in industry, or non-profit organizations
that perform critical National Security and Emergency Preparedness
(NS/EP) functions. Typical GETS users are responsible for the command
and control functions critical to management of and response to
national security and emergency situations, particularly during
the first 24 to 72 hours following an event.
National Security Leadership
This user performs NS/EP functions essential to national survival
when nuclear attacks threatens or occurs. In addition, this user
provides support to critical orderwire and control services necessary
to ensure the rapid and efficient provisioning or restoration of
other NS/EP services. These user functions may include the following:
- Critical orderwire or control service supporting
other NS/EP functions
- Presidential support critical to continuity of
Government and national security
leadership
- National Command Authority support for military
command and control critical
to national survival
- Intelligence critical to warning of potentially
catastrophic attack
- Support for the conduct of diplomatic negotiations
critical to arresting or
limiting hostilities
National Security Posture and US Population
Attack Warning
This user type performs additional NS/EP functions essential to
maintaining an optimum defense, diplomatic, or continuity of government
posture before, during, and after crisis situations. Such situations
are those ranging from national emergencies to international crises,
including nuclear attack. These user functions may include the following:
- Threat assessment and attack warning
- Conduct of diplomacy
- Collection, processing, and dissemination of intelligence
- Command and control of military forces
- Military mobilization
- Continuity of Federal Government before, during,
and after crisis situations
- Continuity of state and local government functions
supporting the Federal
Government during and after national emergencies
- Recovery of critical national functions after crisis
situations
- National space operations
Public Health, Safety, and Maintenance of
Law and Order
The user type performs NS/EP functions necessary for giving civil
alert to the US population by maintaining law and order and the
health and safety of the US population in times of national, regional,
or serious local emergency. These user functions may include the
following:
- Population warning (other than attack warning)
- Law enforcement
- Continuity of critical state and local government
functions (other than support of the Federal
Government during and after national emergencies)
- Hospitals and distribution of medical supplies
- Critical logistic functions and public utility
services
- Civil air traffic control
- Military assistance to civil authorities
- Defense and protection of critical industrial
facilities
- Critical weather services
- Transportation to accomplish foregoing NS/EP functions
Public Welfare and Maintenance of National
Economic Posture
This user type performs NS/EP functions necessary for maintaining
the public welfare and national economic posture during any national
or regional emergency. These user functions may include the following:
- Distribution of food and other essential supplies
- Maintenance of national monetary, credit, and
financial systems
- Maintenance of price, wage, rent, and salary stabilization,
and consumer rationing programs
- Control of production and distribution of strategic
materials and energy supplies
- Prevention and control of environmental hazards
or damage
- Transportation to accomplish the foregoing NS/EP
functions
Disaster Recovery
This user type performs NS/EP functions of managing a variety of
recovery operations after the initial response has been accomplished.
These user functions may include the following:
- Managing medical resources such as supplies, personnel,
or patients in medical facilities
- Other activities such as coordination to establish
and stock shelters, to obtain detailed damage assessments, or
to support key disaster field office personnel may be included.
- Examples of those eligible include:
- Medical recovery operations leadership
- Detailed damage assessment leadership
- Disaster shelter coordination and management
- Critical Disaster Field Office support personnel
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