Public Accountability Requires Citizen Action (disasteraccountability.org)
Hurricane Isaac Drenches Gulf Coast and High Water Cuts Off Many – N.Y. Times The effects of Category 1 Hurricane Isaac surprised many residents in the Gulf Wednesday, including the Biloxi, Miss. mayor, who later admitted he wished he had called for a mandatory evacuation before the storm. Plaquemines Parish, La., Â the hardest hit in […]
Congressman Jeff Denham leads Subcommittee Hearing Focusing on Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Region Disaster Preparation – Sierra Sun Times The chairman for the Economic Development, Public Buildings and Disaster Management held a subcommittee hearing yesterday examining the risk of damage to thousands of miles of infrastructure if a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, were to […]
Why we support the Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act By, Roger Wieand, Skidmore College and Nita Narayan, Fordham Law School Assisted by Neil Brazer, American University Note: You can show your support for this Bill by signing a support statement here: The “Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act†(H.R. 2849) was introduced to Congress […]
The Associated Press shed light on a new report by the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services exposing major gaps in nursing home preparedness. These gaps could lead to many of the same horrific events that followed Hurricane Katrina where “a Houston Chronicle investigation found that at least 139 nursing […]
This Letter to The President and FEMA Leaders was emailed to the White House and FEMA on April 28, 2011. April 28, 2011  Dear Mr. President, Mr. Fugate, and Ms. Roth:  April has brought devastating tornados to at least half-a-dozen states from Oklahoma to New York. The most recent tornados in Alabama and […]
With a weak economy forcing many state and local governments to cut back on services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s web-based information on disaster preparedness is more needed than ever. But, for individuals with disabilities, that information is difficult to access, according to guests who appeared recently on WAMU to discuss “Designing Accessible Technology.†The […]
By Ben Smilowitz Executive Director, Disaster Accountability Project The Disaster Accountability Project exists because of the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina. On the storm’s fifth anniversary, we take some time to think about everyone affected by the devastating storm and its even more devastating aftermath. And we ask the same question we ask every day, […]
By Krista Yacovone Intern, Disaster Accountability Project (Krista is a rising 2L at Fordham University School of Law in New York City) On June 30, 2010, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report describing what steps the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), both part […]
By Jennifer Martin Intern, Disaster Accountability Project (Jennifer is a Masters of Public Health student at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL) In the NY Times Magazine article, “The Deadly Choices at Memorial,†author Sheri Fink discusses the tremendous challenges faced at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center in the days following Hurricane Katrina. Without electricity, running […]
By Lisa DeGray Intern, Disaster Accountability Project (Lisa is a rising 2L at Georgetown Law School in Washington, DC) Marcie Roth, Senior Advisor on Disability Issues and Director of the new FEMA Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (ODIC), testified on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency […]
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