FEMA back in charge of emergency response under new plan.(Federal Emergency Management Agency)(Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act)
Nation's Cities Weekly, January, 2008 by Wollack, Leslie
Lawmakers and state and local officials welcomed a new federal plan outlining coordinated intergovernmental response to emergencies with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the helm as a good first step toward correcting the problems exposed by the federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said the plan "appears to be a solid building block," emphasizing that reauthorizing FEMA to take charge of national emergency response corrects a problem that will allow the agency to thrive as a part of the Homeland Security Department.
The National Response Framework (NRF) updates the widely criticized National Response Plan put into place shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit....
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