http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/09/14/fema-historical-report-underscores-frequent-policy-and-organizational-change-in-us-citizen-preparedness-efforts/ A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:57:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/09/14/fema-historical-report-underscores-frequent-policy-and-organizational-change-in-us-citizen-preparedness-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-44823 For Current Effort To Increase Citizen Role In Homeland Security & Nation’s Resilience, 2003 “Civil Security” Report Offers Useful Guidance Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:23:48 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=4701#comment-44823 [...] I posted DHS’s 2006 “Civil Defense And Homeland Security” report last month, Bill Cumming reminded me about another study, Amanda Dory’s “Civil [...] [...] I posted DHS’s 2006 “Civil Defense And Homeland Security” report last month, Bill Cumming reminded me about another study, Amanda Dory’s “Civil [...]

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Thanks for the correction.
I agree that Amanda Dory’s “Civil Security” study is excellent. For those interested, here is a link to it:
http://books.google.com/books?id=KE8KSF1UBcsC&dq=amanda+dory+civil+security&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=7NFyvEcho6&sig=omC80CZdrhnvUK8UEzDvwyfZwTA&hl=en&ei=CpivSvaWLYu_lAfe5dXhBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

]]> http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/09/14/fema-historical-report-underscores-frequent-policy-and-organizational-change-in-us-citizen-preparedness-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-43592 William R. Cumming Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:14:13 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=4701#comment-43592 Unfortuantely FEMA which lost its status as an independent agency on March 1, 2003 had nothing to do with this report. It was produced by the then independent Preparedness Directorate in DHS which removed preparedness from FEMA under Secretary Michael Chertoff's 2SR reorganization made effective in October 2005. Approved by Congress in the DHS appropriation act for FY 2006 it was reversed by passage and signing into law PKEMA (Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006) Title VI of the DHS approps act for FY 2007. This recombined Preparedness into FEMA (a name readopted by PKEMA) effective April 1, 2007. Parts of the Preparedness Directorate were left behind however in a new National Protection & Programs Directorate now headed by Rand Beers as a Under Secretary DHS. The report is of some use but highly inaccurate in its discussion of the federal civil defense program which existed under Public Law 920 of the 81st Congress as amended until its repeal and limited partial incorporation into the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by; Public Law 103-337! It is unfortunate that this contractor produced document was never circulated for review among the academic or civil service community. It to some degree reflects the inaccurate portrayal of the civil defense effort as reflected in recent books by Professor Stanly Perrow, retired, and Dee Garrison! A better take on the implications of civil defense is reflected in an astute study led by AMANDA DORY while on detail to CSIS entitled "Civil Security" published in 2002 which attempts to articulate a doctrine and the importance of that doctrine known by the term "resilience." Hoping this comment is of some assistance. By the way George Foresman was the first and last Under Secretary for Preparedness from December 2005 until his resignation on March 31, 2007. Unfortuantely FEMA which lost its status as an independent agency on March 1, 2003 had nothing to do with this report. It was produced by the then independent Preparedness Directorate in DHS which removed preparedness from FEMA under Secretary Michael Chertoff’s 2SR reorganization made effective in October 2005. Approved by Congress in the DHS appropriation act for FY 2006 it was reversed by passage and signing into law PKEMA (Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006) Title VI of the DHS approps act for FY 2007. This recombined Preparedness into FEMA (a name readopted by PKEMA) effective April 1, 2007. Parts of the Preparedness Directorate were left behind however in a new National Protection & Programs Directorate now headed by Rand Beers as a Under Secretary DHS.
The report is of some use but highly inaccurate in its discussion of the federal civil defense program which existed under Public Law 920 of the 81st Congress as amended until its repeal and limited partial incorporation into the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by; Public Law 103-337! It is unfortunate that this contractor produced document was never circulated for review among the academic or civil service community. It to some degree reflects the inaccurate portrayal of the civil defense effort as reflected in recent books by Professor Stanly Perrow, retired, and Dee Garrison! A better take on the implications of civil defense is reflected in an astute study led by AMANDA DORY while on detail to CSIS entitled “Civil Security” published in 2002 which attempts to articulate a doctrine and the importance of that doctrine known by the term “resilience.”
Hoping this comment is of some assistance. By the way George Foresman was the first and last Under Secretary for Preparedness from December 2005 until his resignation on March 31, 2007.

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