Disaster Contracting: FEMA Continues to Face Challenges with its Use of Contracts to Support Response and Recovery
Abstract
According to FEMA - a component within DHS - the 2017 disasters affected 47 million people, or about 15 percent of the nation's population. Federal contracts have played a key role in responding to these disasters and in long-term community recovery. So far, FEMA has obligated billions of dollars on these contracts. This testimony is based primarily on GAOs recent reports on disaster contracting - specifically advance contracting and post-disaster contracts related to the 2017 disasters - which detail much of FEMA's disaster contracting activities. It addresses key challenges FEMA faced contracting for goods and services in response to these disasters. To conduct this work, GAO analyzed data from the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation through June 30, 2018, the latest and most complete data available for the 2017 disasters. GAO also analyzed FEMA guidance and documentation and interviewed FEMA officials to discuss the use of contracts to respond to the 2017 disasters.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 09, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1167415
Entities
People
- Caryn Kuebler
- Emily Bond
- Erin Butkowski
- Janet Mckelvey
- Julia Kennon
- Lindsay Taylor
- Marie A. Mak
- Meghan Perez
- Robin Wilson
- Sylvia Schatz
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office