Domestic Emergency Management: Reinventing the Processes Used by the FederalGovernment in Managing Domestic Disasters

摘要

The Federal governments response to natural disasters has been inadequate. GAO,the National Academy of Public Administration, FEMA IG, and the National Performance Review, have criticized Federal disaster response This paper traces the Federal disaster response durinq Hurricane Andrew and the Great Floods of 1993, and uses these recent events to create a revised and improved aqency.