U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-10-386, Homeland Defense: DoD Can Enhance Efforts to Identify Capabilities to Support Civil Authorities during Disasters. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2010. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10386.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011).

This report addresses the extent to which DoD has identified and addressed its capability gaps for its civil support mission; has clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and relationships and identified appropriate levels and types of personnel to assign to the FEMA regions; and shares and tracks information concerning its civil support requirements response process with civil authorities.