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GAO-10-463R 1 (2010-03-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanri0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~G A 0 Accointab|lty I Integrity I Rehahility United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 March 3, 2010 The Honorable Robert C. Byrd Chairman The Honorable George Voinovich Ranking Member Subcommittee on Homeland Security Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable David E. Price Chairman The Honorable Harold Rogers Ranking Member Subcommittee on Homeland Security Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Subject: Emergency Communications: Establishment of the Emergency Communications Preparedness Center and Related Interagency Coordination Challenges This letter formally transmits the enclosed briefing in response to a mandate in the conference report (No. 111-298) and senate report (No. 111-31) to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010. In accordance with the direction in those reports, and in consultation with your staff, we are reporting on (1) actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) to establish the Emergency Communications Preparedness Center (ECPC) and (2) challenges OEC and ECPC officials reported that could affect interagency coordination through ECPC. For a summary of the results of our work, see slide 8. Based on the results of our review, we are not making any recommendations for congressional consideration or agency action. We are sending copies of this report to the appropriate congressional committees. We are also sending copies to the Honorable Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This report will also be available at no charge on our Web site at http://www.2ao.gov. Should you or your staff have questions concerning this report, please contact me at (202) 512-8777 or JenkinsWO@gao.gov. Contact points for our Offices of GAO-10-463R Establishment of Emergency Communications Preparedness Center

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