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From USCongress.com: Oil and Gas: Supply Issues After Katrina (6 pages, PDF) Hurricane Katrina: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries–Damage and Recovery (2 pages, PDF) New Orleans Levees and Floodwalls: Hurricane Damage Protection (6 pages, PDF) Price Increases in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Authority to Limit Price Gouging (6 pages, PDF) Disaster Evacuation and Displacement Policy: …
The National Center for State Legislatures launched a website on Hurricane Katrina that includes links to Emergency-Related Legislative Resources; Updates from Affected Areas; Reaction from Around the Country; and data on how States Respond.
From Congress Daily via USCongress.com, “Lawmakers approved a $51.8 billion emergency aid package Thursday, as Republican leaders in both chambers were preparing to formally announce as early as today a delay of budget reconciliation deadlines to give Congress even more time to focus on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.” Related links: White House press release: On …
National Archives Announces Advisory Committee for Electronic Records Archives NARA press release, September 8, 2005: “Today, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced the award of a $308 million, six year contract to Lockheed Martin to build the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The ERA system …
Homeland Security’s CTO Says Katrina Was A ‘Failure’ Of Incident Response: “Telecommunications problems, power outages, and slowness to update the department Web site contributed to delays getting aid to people who needed it, says Lee Holcomb, CTO of the Department of Homeland Security.”
Federal Computer Week reported that the government’s weather forecasting capabilities in the areas impacted by Katrina have been significantly impaired due to the severe damage sustained to the majority of its partner, WeatherBug Network’s, facilities. Related links: Some GOP Legislators Hit Jarring Notes in Addressing Katrina Future of Free Access to Net Weather Data In …
Reid Letter to Chairman Collins on Oversight Hearing, Wednesday, September 7, 2005: “Nearly four years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 sent a clear signal that we needed to be better prepared for major catastrophes on U.S. soil, the American people have a right to expect their government to perform better.” Senator Reid’s letter includes …
First Responders Urged Not To Respond To Hurricane Impact Areas Unless Dispatched By State, Local Authorities, Release Date: August 29, 2005, Release Number: HQ-05-174.
“The FDIC is working cooperatively with all of the state and federal banking agencies and other organizations to determine the status of the financial institutions located in the affected areas. In an effort to provide information to those affected by Hurricane Katrina, we are developing information and providing links to answer your questions about your …
“The Office of The Surgeon General and the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness are in the process of mobilizing and identifying healthcare professionals and relief personnel to assist in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. As our nation and global community is now aware, the healthcare needs resulting from Katrina are critical.” [Link]
S. 517: “It is the purpose of this Act to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated national weather modification policy and a national cooperative Federal and State program of weather modification research and development.”
The members of the Depository Library Council (DLC) are pleased to announce that our vision discussion paper entitled The Federal Government Information Environment of the 21st Century: Towards a Vision Statement and Plan of Action for Federal Depository Libraries. See also the DLC Vision Outline Blog
