Emergency management : actions to implement select provisions of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act : testimony before the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives / statement of William O. Jenkins, Jr.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, William O., Jr. (William Oscar), 1947-

Contributor:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-09-433T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency--Evaluation.

United States. Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.

United States. Department of Homeland Security.

United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (United States).

Emergency management--United States--Evaluation.

Emergency management.

Disaster relief--United States--Evaluation.

Disaster relief.

Disaster relief--Evaluation.

Emergency management--Evaluation.

Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 pages)

Other Title:

Actions to implement select provisions of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

"Hurricane Katrina severely tested disaster management at the federal, state, and local levels and revealed weaknesses in the basic elements-- leadership, capabilities, and accountability-- of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. In its 2006 work on the response to Hurricane Katrina, GAO noted that these elements needed to be strengthened. In October 2006, Congress enacted the Post-Katrina Act to address issues identified in the response to Hurricane Katrina. GAO reported in November 2008 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had at least preliminary efforts under way to address most of the provisions, but also identified a number of areas that required further action. This statement discusses select issues within the basic elements related to (1) findings from the response to Hurricane Katrina, (2) provisions of the Post-Katrina Act, and (3) specific actions DHS and FEMA have taken to implement these provisions"--Preliminary page.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed Mar. 24, 2009).

"For release ... March 17, 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

316861386