Unit Introduction and Overview

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Unit Introduction and Overview

• Unit objectives
• Determine order of succession.
• Identify and discuss the steps in order of
  succession planning.

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Order of Succession
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Orders of Succession

• Provisions for the assumption of senior agency
  offices during an emergency, in the event that
  any of those officials are unavailable to execute
  their legal duties.

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Orders of Succession

• Orders of succession are implemented when
  department/agency leadership is debilitated or
  incapacitated.
• Departments/agencies must establish, promulgate,
  and maintain orders of succession to key
  positions, including successor location(s) and
  contact information.

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Order of Succession
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Steps for Establishing Orders of Succession

• Establish an order of succession to the position
  of department/agency head.
• Establish orders of succession for all other key
  positions.
• Identify limitations on delegation of authority.
• Consider legislatively mandated orders of
  succession.
• Have General Counsel or Attorney General review
  the orders of succession.

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Orders of Succession
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Activity Determining Orders of Succession

• Select a key position at your organizational
  level.
• Develop an order of succession for that position.
  Make the order at least three deep.
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• You will have 10 minutes to complete this
  activity.

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Training Successors

• Train successors for their emergency duties.
• Exercise the order of succession.
• Communicate orders of succession to the entire
  organization.

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Summary and Transition

• This unit
• Introduced orders of succession
• Next unit
• Delegations of authority (Unit 5)

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Summary and Transition

• Questions?