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Federal Agency Emergency Preparedness and Dismissal of Employees (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date March 4, 2003
Report Number RL31739
Report Type Report
Authors L. Elaine Halchin, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report discusses several issues relevant to federal agency emergency preparedness, including funding, the development of a federal emergency decision and notification protocol for the Washington, DC area, the status of agency preparedness activities and implications of homeland security legislation for the protection of federal buildings and employees. It concludes with a number of policy questions still to be answered by Congress and the Administration following the enactment of the Homeland Security Act.