GAO Releases 3 New Reports on Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina; Report Includes Recommendations for Disaster Preparedness, Response
U.S. Newswire, September, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In connection with the Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 anniversaries, U.S. Comptroller General David Walker today released the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) summary report of its Hurricane Katrina work to date, including new recommendations to improve government disaster preparedness and response. In two smaller reports, GAO also released new findings on the status of levee repairs in New Orleans and the tracking of federal Katrina relief funding.
The purpose of the report is to summarize what went well and what did not go well and why, and to identify changes needed to improve the nation's readiness to respond to a catastrophic disaster. The report draws on a wide variety of work from Congress, the inspector generals, GAO and...
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