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Urban Area Security Initiative: FEMA Lacks Measures to Assess How Regional Collaboration Efforts Build Preparedness Capabilities

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By William O. Jenkins, Jr. (au)
Year: 2009
Pages: 46
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 1437918719

Description

From FY 2003 through FY 2009, the Dept. of Homeland Security allocated about $5 billion for the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant program to enhance regional preparedness capabilities in the highest risk urban areas. FEMA administers this program. The 9/11 Comm. Act of 2007 required FEMA to change the size of the geographical areas used to assess UASI regions' risk. This report assesses FEMA's efforts to build regional prepared., and determines how the 9/11 Act change affected UASI regions and addresses: the extent to which FEMA assesses how UASI regions' collaborative efforts build prepared. capabilities; and how UASI officials described their collaboration efforts and changes resulting from the 9/11 Act. Illustrations.

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