The Emergency Management Assistance Program Should Contribute More Directly to National Civil Defense Objectives.

Abstract

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's largest program for improving the civil defense capacity of State and local government does not adequately assure that federally funded resources will be distributed and used by States and localities to support national civil defense objectives. Emergency Management Assistance Program funds are often not targeted to local governments facing the greatest civil defense risks, in part because States are not encouraged to use these criteria in their subsequent distribution of the funds to local governments. Further, program participants have not been required to pursue national objectives but have been able to define their own agendas. GAO recommends changes in program administration that will better assure that federally assisted resources support national civil defense objectives. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 05, 1982
Accession Number
ADA121720

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Civil Defense
  • Congress
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Local Governments
  • National Governments
  • Natural Disasters
  • Standards
  • United States
  • West Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.