What’s New in the PALT Tracking Tool, Service Pack 21 (SP21) Service Pack 21 (SP21) is scheduled to be deployed on January 22, 2010. Changes implemented will focus on the Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT) Tracking Tool. The PALT Tracking Tool was originally designed and developed to capture planning and budgeting data for FEMA’s Map Modernization (Map Mod) Program. Enhancements deployed during SP21 will provide additional functionality to support FEMA’s Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program. Highlights Enhancements to the PALT Tracking Tool include: . Added the ability to capture data for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. . Added the two new project types that were introduced in the Sequencing Tool with Service Pack 18: o Engineering Study and Physical Map Revision (PMR) o Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) Project Management (PM) . Modified the search/filtering and retrieving capabilities for PALT projects so they are dynamically based on the project type that is selected. Project Type and Filtering Options All Projects CTP PM County Engineering Studies and PMR Special Project Fiscal Year* Fiscal Year* Fiscal Year* Fiscal Year* Fiscal Year* Region Region Region Region Region State State State Project Name Project Name County County Project Name * Current and past Fiscal Years . Added a new indicator (Yes or No) field that provides the ability to flag an activity as a CTP maintenance activity, which is an activity performed by a CTP and meets the congressional mandated funding and leverage requirements. . Added full sort functionality with sort indicator for the retrieved data in the Mapping Activities module/screen. . Modified PALT reports, including: o Created a new CTP Maintenance Report that displays all CTP maintenance activities by Group ID. Only CTP maintenance activities data is displayed in this report. o Modified the PALT Mapping Activity and Partners Report to include a new column for “Project Type” and relabeled the existing “County” column to read “County or Project Name.” o Renamed and modified the Map Modernization and Management Support (MMMS) Report to CTP PM Report, changing the report labels from “MMMS” to “CTP” and removing MMMS description column. Only CTP PM projects are displayed in this report.