July 28, 2009 - by Frances Edwards
The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) created the Katrina Task Force (KTF) shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Each year, at ASPAs annual conference, members of the task force cons... More »
July 28, 2009 - by Richard Sylves
Both U.S. civil defense of the past and homeland security of the present demonstrate that disaster policy has always had a degree of national security and military penetration. However, few appreciate how dramatic the latest pen... More »
One of the lasting images of Hurricane Katrina is the mass of people outside the Superdome asking for water from National Guard troops who had none to give. People all over the world saw a city under water, and the human misery ... More »
July 28, 2009 - by Carole Jurkiewicz
Weve all heard the arguments post-Katrina and perhaps weve made the remarks ourselves: Why cant these people just pull themselves up by their bootstraps? They just sit and wait for government handouts. Okay, so it was bad, but w... More »
July 28, 2009 - by Lenneal Henderson
Hurricane Katrina taught federal, state, and local public managers extensive lessons about the criticality of electricity reliability in a disaster. In the report, The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned, the ... More »
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