Consolidation of federal assistance resources will enhance the federal-state emergency management effort
By consolidating the resources of closely related emergency planning and preparedness assistance programs provided to the states into a broader emergency management assistance program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) could promote more effective and coordinated implementation of federal and state objectives. FEMA's current approach of funding closely related emergency management objectives through separate, narrowly defined categorical funding programs spawns a fragmented piecemeal approach to planning and preparedness activities that sometimes fosters duplication and inhibits the coordinated and effective use of program resources needed to achieve federal emergency management objectives. GAO recommends that FEMA continue seeking the legislative and budgetary changes needed to merge the resources of closely related programs into a consolidated assistance program. This, coupled with the adoption of GAO's recommended improvements in FEMA's program oversight, will enable FEMA to hold states accountable for achieving specific federal objectives while giving states greater flexibility in determining how to achieve these objectives.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). General Government Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 5564071
- Report Number(s):
- GAO/GGD-83-92; ON: DE84900235
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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