Government
Accountability Office (GAO) Reports
FEMA Factors for Success
and for Organizational Placement
This report from the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) includes the testimony of
the GAO's director of homeland security
and justice issues before the U.S. House
of Representatives Committee on Homeland
Security. The statement includes factors
for success and other issues that Congress
may wish to consider as it determines
what changes to make to improve the nation's
readiness and ability to respond effectively
to major disasters, including the organizational
placement of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA).
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Military Response to
Catastrophic Disaster
The report, "Hurricane Katrina: Better
Plans and Exercises Needed to Guide the
Military's Response to Catastrophic Natural
Disaster," from the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) examined the extent to which
pre-Katrina plans and training exercises
reflected the military assistance that
might be required during a catastrophic,
domestic, natural disaster; the military
support provided in response to Katrina
and factors that affected that response;
and the actions the military is taking
to address lessons learned from Katrina
and to prepare for the next catastrophe.
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Testimony on the Evacuation
of Vulnerable Populations
The testimony of the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) director of health care before
the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging can
be found in the report "Disaster Preparedness:
Preliminary Observations on the Evacuation
of Vulnerable Populations due to Hurricanes
and Other Disasters." It describes the
GAO's ongoing work on evacuation in the
event of emergencies and provides preliminary
observations on the challenges faced by
hospital and nursing home administrators
that are related to hurricane evacuations,
the federal program that supports the
evacuation of patients needing hospital
care and nursing home residents, and the
challenges states and localities face
in preparing for and carrying out the
evacuation of transportation-disadvantaged
populations and efforts to address evacuation
needs.
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