You realize that whitehouse.gov1.info is thoroughly NOT a real government site?
So it wasn't hastily erected as a backstop to a LARP, at any rate.
From the source document at Wiki, p.68...COGCON2 really does call for :
Operations:
Continue to perform headquarters business functions at normal location(s)
• Monitor/track major HQ activities
• Maintain alternate operating facility(ies)
in accordance with agency continuity
plans to ensure readiness for activation
at all times
• Take appropriate steps to ensure alternate operating facility(ies) can be
activated with 4 hours notice
Staffing Level:
Deploy sufficient staff to al
ternate operating facility(ies)
to allow activation with 4
Time to Transition to Successive Stages:
• Continuity plan is fully
operational within4 hours
hours notice
• 4 hours to COGCON 1