Homeland defense
Subtitle: DOD can enhance efforts to identify capabilities to support civil authorities during disasters : report to Congressional requesters
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Rules and practice; Civil-military relations; Interagency coordination; Emergency management; Disaster Planning; Legislation & jurisprudence; Organization & administration; United States. Department of Defense; United States
Other titles: Homeland defense :; DOD can enhance efforts to identify capabilities to support civil authorities during disasters
Description: In addition to its primary mission of warfighting, the Department of Defense (DOD) plays an important role in civil support. Four years after the poorly coordinated national response to Hurricane Katrina, issues remain about DOD's progress in identifying its capability requirements for supporting a coordinated civilian-military response to a catastrophic domestic event. This report addresses the extent to which DOD (1) has identified and addressed its capability gaps for its civil support mission; (2) has clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and relationships and identified appropriate levels and types of personnel to assign to the FEMA regions; and (3) shares and tracks information concerning its civil support requirements response process with civil authorities.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed May 3, 2010).

"March 2010."

"GAO-10-386."

Includes bibliographical references.

Mode of access: Internet from U.S. Government Accountability Office web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
Table of contents: title: Results in brief; title: Background; title: DOD has taken actions to identify capability gaps, but key policies and guidance are outdated; title: DOD has personnel to coordinate DOD capabilities for civil support, but roles, responsibilities, and command relationships are not clearly defined, and DOD has not assessed its staff needs; title: DOD has established processes to respond to civil authorities, but it has not established a comprehensive system to track requests-for-assistance; title: Conclusions.