Written Statement of Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, "Five Years Later: An Assessment of the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act"

The importance of PKEMRA to the emergency management community cannot be stressed enough. For the first time, it gave FEMA clear guidance on its mission and priorities, and provided us with the authorities and tools we needed to become a more effective and efficient agency, and a better partner to state, local, territorial, and tribal governments.

Source: http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/testimony/20111025-fugate-emergency-management-reform-act.shtm

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