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MCR-822 1 (1977-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagxm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: cOt4PTrRoUR GENERAL OF THE UNITD STATES WAUSMINGTOU D -- 2 p B-126965 RMY 2 4 1977 0 The Honorable Abraham Ribicoff - Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: On April 6, 1977, you asked for our views and recommen- dations on Senate bill 1209. The bill proposes to consolidate the functions of, and thereby increase the efficiency and coor- dination of, the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA), the Federal Preparedness Agency (FPA), the Federal Disaster Assis- tance Administration (FDAA), the Office of Industrial Mobiliza- tion, and the General Services Administration's stockpile elements. We have reviewed the bill and have no major objections to it. As you know, we have recently completed a review of DCPA, FPA, and FDAA. A copy of our draft report entitled Civil Pre- paredness of the Federal, State, and Local Governments, was provided to you on January 10, 1977. In our dr.,.t report, we pointed out the need for better coordination among the prepar- edness agencies and therefore support the bill's unified and comprehensive approach to all preparedness planning. Set forth below are some of our observations on the bill's provisions. --Permanent membership of the Director, Federal Emergency Assistance and Preparedness Administration, on the National Security Council should help to strengthen civil preparedness by tying it more closely to total national defense planning and priority setting. However, remov- ing DCPA from the Department could adversely affect the civil defense program since defense resources would be less available to the program. --Having the new Administration serve as a single point of contact for State and local emergency matters should improve Federal-State-local cooperation. As our draft MCR-822 ....

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