Dispatches | Updates & Testimony

UPDATES AND TESTIMONY
July, 2009: National Advisory Council, Communications Testimony
DAP testimony on disaster communications policy for FEMA’s National Advisory Council meeting in Grand Forks, ND: “The delivery of public information about post-disaster mass care services is not accommodated for in the National Response Framework and Emergency Support Functions”.
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July, 2009: National Advisory Council, Disability Testimony
DAP testimony on access and functional needs policy for FEMA’s National Advisory Council meeting in Grand Forks, ND: “FEMA must move the Disability Coordinator into the Office of the Administrator and out of the Office of Equal Rights to adhere to statutory reporting requirements”.
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July, 2009: National Advisory Council, Housing Testimony
DAP testimony on emergency housing policy shortcomings during FEMA’s National Advisory Council meeting in Grand Forks, ND: “The idealistic and holistic concepts outlined in the NDHS rely on a joint housing task force made up of “local, State, nongovernmental and private-sector entities for implementation.” [2] This task force has not yet been established and is lacking a permanent chairperson, [3] leaving the same level of uncertainty in interim housing that existed during Katrina”.
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July, 2009: FEMA National Advisory Council Oral Testimony
DAP testimony on the need for the presence of independent oversight during relief operations for FEMA’s National Advisory Council Meeting in Grand Forks, ND: “Nearly every other Federal agency has an independent oversight entity…At the time of Katrina, FEMA had none “.
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