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New Direction Sought for FEMA to Improve Disaster Response

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Factors for Future Success and Issues to Consider for Organizational Placement, by William O. Jenkins, Jr., director, homeland security and justice, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Full Report GAO-06-746T, and Highlights, May 9, 2006.

  • “The nation’s next major response and recovery challenge, whether natural or man-made, will provide another important test of FEMA’s efforts to improve its preparedness and capability. Although organizational structure is important, future success is likely to principally depend upon focus, skilled leadership, clear roles and responsibilities, operational plans realistically exercised, and key resources appropriately and effectively deployed.”
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