Critical Releases in Homeland Security: March 12, 2008
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Executive Order 13462: President's Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board
This Executive Order sets forth policy "to ensure that the President and other officers of the United States with responsibility for the security of the Nation and the advancement of its interests have access to accurate, insightful, objective, and timely information concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of foreign powers." It establishes the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) within the Executive Office of the President, the functions of which include "assess the quality, quantity, and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, and of counterintelligence and other intelligence activities, assess the adequacy of management, personnel and organization in the intelligence community, and review the performance of all agencies of the Federal Government that are engaged in the collection, evaluation, or production of intelligence or the execution of intelligence policy and report the results of such assessments or reviews" and to "consider and make appropriate recommendations to the President, the DNI, or the head of the department concerned with respect to matters identified to the PIAB by the DNI or the head of a department concerned." This executive order also sets forth the establishment of an Intelligence Oversight Board within the PIAB, functions of the Director of National Intelligence and heads of departments.
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
2008-02-29
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Natural Disaster Response: FEMA Should Take action to Improve Capacity and Coordination between Government and Voluntary Sectors, Report to Congressional Requesters
"Using lessons from the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes, the federal government released the National Response Framework (NRF) in January 2008. This report examines (1) why the primary role for mass care in the NRF shifted from the Red Cross to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and potential issues with implementation, (2) whether National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD)--an umbrella organization of 49 voluntary agencies--is equipped to fulfill its NRF role, (3) the extent to which FEMA has addressed issues with mass care for the disabled since the hurricanes, (4) the extent to which major voluntary agencies have prepared to better serve the disabled since the hurricanes, and (5) the extent to which FEMA has addressed issues voluntary agencies faced in receiving Public Assistance reimbursement. To analyze these issues, GAO reviewed the NRF and other documents, and interviewed officials from FEMA, voluntary agencies, and state and local governments."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2008-02-27
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