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28 We have had tremendous success with high reimbursements from $350,000 to over $5,000,000 whether our client began appropriate documentation of their expenses and labor costs from the beginning or not and we look forward to doing our very best for the Town. Our approach is tried and true that focuses on each of the following Guidelines but is not limited to: • Safe Opening and Operation Work Eligible for Public Assistance (Interim) - FEMA Policy 104-21-0003, Version 2. • Work Eligible for Public Assistance (Interim) FEMA Policy FP 104-009-19 (after 9/15/20). • FEMA Eligible Emergency Protective Measures (Prior to 9/15/20. • FEMA Funds Community Engagement for COVID-19 Vaccinations. • DOJ Fund Recipient Reporting and Record Retention Requirements OIG-CA-20-021. • FDEM Request for Public Assistance Guidance. • FDEM CAT B Public Assistance Eligible Activities. Progress Reporting: DP&O’s Recovery EOC Disaster Claims Management System Produces client specific Disaster Project financial reports and PW Tracking reports as needed. A common practice of our Program Approach is providing weekly progress reports for; PW’s submittals/reviews, PW’s obligated and PW’s payments status. Progress reports include details of each PW’s review status, RFI replies through obligation. Additionally, the Request for Reimbursement and payments are reconciled to the penny and included on the weekly progress reports. We leverage our decades of experience with working with Municipalities, Public Schools, Colleges and Public Utilities, post event to strategize, identify, and prioritize the most critical, time and audit sensitive projects. Our audit team excels reconciliation of all FEMA Federal disaster data quickly identifying missing or inconsistent data to correct before audits or submittals therefore increasing efficiency and decreasing delays for FEMA obligations and reimbursements. a.) Data Management Platform and b.) Other Technology Options and Capabilities: DP&O is the Owner and Developer of TRKR™ ADMS which exceeds the USACE requirements for Disaster Debris Monitoring. We have a minimum of 150+ devices on hand for the City use in an event of a disaster. DP&O is an approved AT&T FirstNet Responder, Member ID M-5763234, registered with NPPGov. This allows DP&O and our clients priority access to cell and internet post disaster as a first responder with AT&T FirstNet. As an AT&T FirstNet Responder, we have access to ramp up at a 100 per week when needed. DP&O’s TRKR™ allows the client real time web and mobile views of debris progress and completed status. TRKR™ also has difficult Debris Removal tasks tracking (linear work for utility line clearing, and hourly debris removal work for beach and surface water hazards debris. TRKR™ eliminates the manual data entry of tickets and provides auto e tickets for all work, with photos and mapping, and auto-reconciles the debris removal documentation in audit ready format. TRKR™ has barcoding ability which ensures the complete tracking of monitors, and each trucks time and date and GPS location of load collection, time, and date at DMS site or Disposal site drop off and ensures all trucks are working in compliance with the state, federal and local regulations. TRKR™ provides a significant costs savings to applicants as we have removed the manual data entry components and TRKR™ obtains and maintains data without internet connection. Tracking Documentation and Reimbursement: DP&O will utilize our TRKR™ Automated Debris Management System (ADMS) to auto generate e-tickets, prepare detail load ticket input, track quantities, locations with mapping for all debris operations. (ROW to DMS, ROW to Disposal, Leaner/Hanger/Stumps, and other debris hazards) including certifying all equipment used. In the event manual tickets are requested by the client, DP&O will also provide a data entry/data manager to load tickets to track and document the removal and