FEMA’s Regional Coordination Needs Improvement

Homeland Security Today: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not properly coordinate preparedness grant management between its headquarters and dependent regions, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

GAO was asked to review FEMA’s coordination efforts for regional preparedness. Its report covered the extent to which FEMA and its regional offices identified and addressed coordination challenges, established a system to gauge the National Incident Management System (NIMS) implementation, and cooperated with Regional Advisory Council (RAC) stakeholders.

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