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Stafford Act Reform Task Force
Conference of Mayors Calls for Replenishment of Disaster Relief Fund Without Offsets, U.S. Mayor, October 3, 2011
Senators Landrieu, Cochran Introduce Stafford Act Reform Legislation, U.S. Mayor, October 3, 2011
Stafford Act Reform: Sharper Tools for a Smarter Recovery, Hearing before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, May 12, 2010. Witnesses included Stafford Act Reform Task Force member Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., a Past President of The U.S. Conference of Mayors.
U.S. Mayors Speak Out: Addressing Disasters in Cities, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives, March 4, 2010. Witnesses included New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, Chair of the Stafford Act Reform Task Force, and Task Force members Des Moines Mayor T.M. Franklin Cownie and Rochester Mayor Robert J. Duffy.
Hearing on “Post-Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy and Assure a More Rapid Response After Catastrophic Disaster,” Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives, July 27, 2009
Statement of Jane A. Bullock, Former Chief of Staff, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Statement of Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Statement of Congressman Craig Loesback, Second District of Iowa
Statement of Francis X. McCarthy, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy, Congressional Research Service
Excerpts from Far from Home: Deficiencies in Federal Disaster Housing Assistance After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and Recommendations for Improvement, Special Report, prepared by Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, February 2009
City of New Orleans Recommendations to FEMA National Advisory Council’s Stafford Act Subcommittee, May 8, 2008
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, and Related Authorities, FEMA 592, June 2007
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