Tracking progress toward achieving the National Preparedness Goal provides justification on how and where to allocate scarce resources and prioritize preparedness activities. Possible methods for validating capabilities include:

• Exercises
• Training and real-world events
• Remedial Action Management Program (RAMP)
• Comprehensive Assessment System

Together these mechanisms provide the means to evaluate and validate current capabilities at all levels of government and to actively monitor and report progress on building, sustaining, and delivering capabilities.