A performance review of FEMA's disaster management activities in response to Hurricane Katrina
By: Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General
Publisher: Dept. of Homeland Security, Office of Inspections and Special Reviews
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: United States. -- Federal Emergency Management Agency; Disaster relief -- Government policy -- United States; Disaster relief -- Gulf States; Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States; Emergency management -- Gulf States; Hazard mitigation -- United States; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Intergovernmental cooperation -- United States
Description: "[The report reviews] FEMA's activities in response to Hurricane Katrina, which details FEMA's responsibilities for three of the four major phases of disaster management - preparedness, response, and recovery - during the first five weeks of the federal response. In addition, [the contributors] evaluated FEMA's preparedness and readiness efforts over the past ten years to determine its organizational capability and posture prior to Hurricane Katrina"--Executive summary.
Notes: Cover title

Shipping list no.: 2007-0065-P

"March 2006."

"OIG-06-32."

Includes bibliographical references

Also available via Internet from the DHS web site. Address as of 12/5/06: http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG%5F06-32%5FMar06.pdf; current access is available via PURL