Disaster Response Contracting in a Post-Katrina World: Analyzing Current Disaster Response Strategies and Exploring Alternatives to Improve Processes for Rapid Reaction to Large Scale Disasters within the United States

Abstract

Considerable public scrutiny has been focused on the Federal Government's, especially the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) supposed inadequate, misdirected, and slow response to the acquisition needs required for responding to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This seemingly failed response quite possibly cost the Federal Government billions in wasted taxpayer dollars and has affected the livelihood of thousands. Analyzing what went wrong and examining available acquisition concepts, organizations, processes, and technologies that could be leveraged for future disaster responses is the focus of our MBA project. The project's product provides some proposed solutions to assist FEMA's acquisition mission, along with some recommended technologies for executing these solutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA460411

Entities

People

  • Jerry A. King
  • Joshua H. Mckay

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • United States Government
  • United States Northern Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Strategic Security Studies