About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

089045 1 (1976-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvbc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 IN REPLY REFER TO: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION SEP 3 01976 Mr. Thomas P. Dunne Administrator Federal Disaster Assistance Administrator Dear Mr. Dunne. GAO has surveyed the administration and coordination of Federal disaster assistance programs authorized under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5121n). Assistance under the Act may be divided into three basic categories--public, preparedness, and individual. Because of recent work by Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) auditors in the public assistance and emergency prepaiedness categories, we did only a limited amount of work in these azeas and concentrated our efforts on the effectiveness of assistance to individual disaster victims. We observed that the Federal Disaster Assistance Adminastration (FDAA) reacts quickly and that individual assistance programs have significantly assisted the recovery efforts of many disaster victims. Damage survey teams are often in the field within hours of an occur- rence. In many instances, assistance centers, offering a variety of recovery programs, were opened throughout the affected areas on the same day or the day following the Presidential disaster declaration. We believe additional efforts are needed, however, to insure the most effective, efficient coordination and delivery of authorized assistance, particularly in relation to the Individual and Family Grant Program. As of April 29, 1976, almost 2 years after enactment of authorizing legislation, only three of the eight States in Region IV (Florida, Alabama and Kentucky) had FDAA-approved administrative plans which are required before the grant program can be used to assist disaster victims. In the two States we reviewed--Florida and North Carolina--FDAA hac not provided timely technical assistance to the States in the preparation of the plans. As a result, when Florida suffered a disaster 15 months after the program was author- ized, the State was not prepared to provide grants to needy victims in a timely manner.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most