Exercises are valuable tools for testing and improving local capacity to respond to hazards and threats. Through drills and exercises, public health departments and other response agencies can identify areas for improvement to address for future planning efforts. Drills and exercises often overlook the important administrative functions in a response: procuring supplies, establishing contracts, identifying and recruiting additional personnel, etc. These vital tasks, and others, fall under the umbrella of Administrative Preparedness, the process of ensuring that the fiscal, legal, and administrative authorities and practices that govern funding, procurement, contracting, and hiring are appropriately integrated into all stages of emergency preparedness and response. Following the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, NACCHO developed a number of resources that convey the importance of administrative preparedness to local health departments. These informational tools provide steps that local health departments should take to improve their capacity in this area. The Guide for Incorporating Administrative Preparedness into Exercises continues NACCHOs efforts to provide local health departments with actionable information that can be used to address their capabilities in administrative preparedness.