Years After Katrina, FEMA Still Not Ready
The Tampa Tribune is reporting that more than two years of Katrina hit the the Gulf Coast the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) still can’t implement the changes set forth in the Post-Katrina Reform Act. Simply amazing.
Significant improvements in the federal response to a catastrophic hurricane are unlikely to be implemented or "realistically tested" by the upcoming hurricane season, warns a new government report.
The report was released Tuesday as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency came under congressional grilling about why his agency does not have a fully updated disaster-response plan ready—two years after Hurricane Katrina.
"As it enters the 2007 hurricane season, FEMA is an organization in transition that is working to implement the reorganization mandated by the Post-Katrina Reform Act," states the Government Accountability Office report.
You can read an overview of the March 7, 2007 GAO Report (PDF format) here.
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