Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia

The Path to Efficiency: Making FEMA More Effective for Streamlined Disaster Operations

Date: July 24, 2014
Time: 2:30pm
Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda:

The hearing discussed long-standing challenges to FEMA efficiency and performance, as well as recent FEMA efforts to find cost efficiencies and program improvements.   

Witnesses

The Honorable

John

Roth

Inspector General

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Joseph

Nimmich

Associate Administrator, Office of Response and Recovery

Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Christopher

Currie

Director, Emergency Management and National Preparedness Issues

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Dr.

Daniel

Sutter

Professor of Economics, Johnson Center for Political Economy

Troy University