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Hearing on National Emergency Management: Where Does FEMA Belong?
Title: Hearing on National Emergency Management: Where Does FEMA Belong?
Date: 06/08/2006
Author: U.S. Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Institution: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Bibliographic Entry:
Hearing on National Emergency Management: Where Does FEMA Belong?. 2006. U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security.
Electronic Link: http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=362
Key Words: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
Senator Susan M. Collins and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman led the U.S. Senate Committee Hearing by opening with member statements. Witness testimony was provided by the Honorable Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security; Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant US Coast Guard; Donald F. Kettl, PhD, Director Fels Institute of Government University of Pennsylvania; and John R. Harrald PhD, Director Institue for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management at George Washington University. The officials agreed that FEMA should remain in DHS and preparedness and recovery should work together.
Name of Researcher: Courtney Weigand
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: October 27, 2006