COG orders were issued Jan. 2021 to the USCG (DHS), likely others, based on a Presidential Dec. of Emergency issued in accordance with the 2018 EO relating to foreign interference in US elections.
Elements of the continuity of government operation likely include FEMA, DOD and private individuals, organizations and SOC’s.
Elements are decentralized and compartmentalized geographically and organizationally. This is why Schiff is desperate to get the paper tail and likely the true reason for the MAL raid. He made a public statement that he believed Trump was still operating as POTUS. This is also why the current resident of the WH does not control all aspects of federal executive power, and explains all the oddities and failures visible to observation related to the plan. The operation involves tactical devolution, strategic planning and coordination. Panic in DC.