A performance review of FEMA's disaster management activities in response to Hurricane Katrina / Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General.
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.
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Summary
"[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.