Report: Criticism of FEMA's Katrina response deserved (CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

Inspector general: 'Much of the criticism is warranted'

From Mike M. Ahlers
CNN Washington Bureau

Friday, April 14, 2006; Posted: 3:00 p.m. EDT (19:00 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After being roundly criticized in a slew of media, congressional and government reports, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's internal watchdog Friday returned its own verdict on the handling of Hurricane Katrina: The criticism against FEMA is largely deserved.

In a hefty 218-page report, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general writes that the federal government and FEMA received "widespread criticism for a slow and ineffective response to Hurricane Katrina."

"Much of the criticism is warranted," Inspector General Richard L. Skinner writes.
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It describes manpower problems, a decline in planning for natural disasters as attention focused on possible terrorist scenarios, and confusion over the roles and responsibilities of officials in responding to disasters.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/14/fema.ig/index.html

copy of report: http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/OIG_06-32_Mar06.pdf

ON EDIT: Another Friday news dump.:eyes: Sheesh. Edit to bold text for emphasis.

[MadMaddie]

1. Thanks Inspector for the obvious......it only took 218 pages to

come to that conclusion....:sarcasm:

and as of yet Fema has not improved...it is still mired in political hack bullshit cronyism and as long as Skeletor is in charge of it....it will continue to fail....

Until Fema is completely an organization that is outside of Homeland Security it will not function as it should....sigh....

[bluerum]

2. Whu thu ! FEMA RESPONSE WAS A TOTAL SCREW UP!

What a way to soft peddle something that should embarass everyone that works for FEMA and the federal government.

edit sp.

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2226024