National Emergency Responses.

Intro -- NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK,JANUARY 2008 -- PART 1. INTRODUCTION -- Overview -- Framework Unpacked -- Scope -- Response Doctrine -- Part of a Broader Strategy -- ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES -- Local -- The Private Sector and NGOS -- Federal -- PART 2. RESPONSE ACTIONS -- Introduction -- Prepare -- Respond -- 2. Activate and Deploy Resources and Capabilities -- PART 3. RESPONSE ORGANIZATION -- Introduction -- Key Concepts -- Local Response: Structures and Staffing -- State Response: Structures and Staffing -- Federal Response: Structures and Staffing -- Regional Support Structure -- Field Support Structure -- Field Support Roles -- PART 4. PLANNING: A CRITICAL ELEMENTOF EFFECTIVE RESPONSE -- The Framework and Planning -- The Value of Planning -- National Preparedness Architecture -- The Federal Planning Structure -- The State, Tribal, and Local Planning Structure -- Criteria for Successful Planning -- PART 5. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES -- Supporting Documents and the NRF Resource Center -- EFFECTIVE DATE AND FRAMEWORK IMPLEMENTATION -- ACRONYMS -- REFERENCES -- NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK:FEMA NEEDS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TOBETTER INTEGRATE NON-FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERSIN THE REVISION PROCESS* -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- DHS DID NOT COLLABORATE WITH NON-FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS ASFULLY AS PLANNED OR REQUIRED IN DEVELOPING THE NRF -- DHS Created a Work Plan to Revise the 2004 National Response Plan,Specifying Revision Issues, Entities and Tasks, and a Time Linefor Completing the Revision -- DHS Included Non-Federal Stakeholders at theBeginning of the Revision Process.

stakeholders until the public comment period.FEMA AND THE POST-KATRINA ACT HAVE RECOGNIZED THEIMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING NON-FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS INDEVELOPING NATIONAL RESPONSE DOCTRINE, BUT FEMA LACKSGUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR FUTURE NRF REVISIONS -- FEMA and the Post- Katrina Act Stress Partnership andCommunication with Non- Federal Stakeholders in Achievingthe Nation's Emergency Management Goals -- FEMA Has Not Yet Developed Guidance and Procedures forManaging Future Revisions or Integrating the NationalAdvisory Council into the Revision Process -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II: THE 17 KEY REVISION ISSUES THATDHS IDENTIFIED FOR THE 2004 NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN -- APPENDIX III:THE 12WORK GROUPS DHSESTABLISHED DURING THEREVISION PROCESS AND THEIR COMPOSITION -- REFERENCES -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: OBSERVATIONS ONDHS'S PREPAREDNESS FOR CATASTROPHIC DISASTERS* -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- DHSHAS ISSUED AND REVISED NATIONAL-LEVEL PREPAREDNESSPOLICIES TO DEFINE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES -- DHS Has Taken Action to Revise National Preparedness Policiesbut Should Plan for Better Integrating Stakeholders in the Future -- Presidential Transition Period Poses Challenges for DHSLeadership of National Preparedness Efforts -- DHS HAS NOT YET DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVEOPERATIONAL PLANS AND METRICS TO COORDINATEFEDERAL RESPONSE RESOURCES -- DHS Still Developing Ways to Lead National Planning -- DHS Still Developing Ways to Define and MeasureFederal Agencies' Capabilities -- REFERENCES -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: GAO RESPONSES TOPOST-HEARING QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD* -- GAO RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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