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Number of emergency preparedness exercises which FDA participated in planning, executing, or evaluating during the month
Dictionary: The Office of Crisis Management (OCM) will lead the agency in participating in one Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-sponsored and one Health and Human Services (HHS)-sponsored national exercise each year as well as any regional exercises which provide scenarios calling for FDA-response efforts. These exercises, which involve numerous federal departments and agencies as well as some state and local agencies, provide FDA opportunities to test current plans and procedures for responding to specific types of incidents and help identify any gaps or weaknesses that might exist in FDA's response capabilities. These would allow the agency to make improvements to its emergency operations and response plans, procedures, policies, etc. OCM's overall goal is to increase FDA's participation in emergency exercises as the number of exercises that have relevance to FDA's mission increases.
Information is current as of December 31, 2012
Fiscal Year - 2013
| Time | Target | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| Nov 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| Dec 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| Jan 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| Feb 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| Mar 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| Apr 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| May 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| Jun 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| Jul 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| Aug 2013 | 2 | N/A |
| Sep 2013 | 2 | N/A |
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Note: The data provided on this website is produced on an ongoing basis for performance management purposes and is subject to change due to updates of preliminary estimates, corrections, or other reasons. In addition, FDA may change the type or amount of data provided on this website at any time. Information marked as "Completed" may include measures and/or key projects for which activities are ongoing but no longer tracked as part of FDA-TRACK.







