External Constraints: Reorganization
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Managerialism and Bush 43: shift from government doing work, even if well, to
government making sure work gets done
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Budget Director Mitch Daniels announces much of FEMA's work is to be
privatized, April 2001
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FEMA was demoted off the White House Cabinet and put under DHS in a November 2002 announcement
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FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh quits in December 2002, leaving Michael D. Brown in charge
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2003 sees FEMA's preparation/mitigation functions split into new Office of
Preparedness, leaving FEMA with response and recovery functions
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Prevention of terrorism rather than response to events would now dominate
FEMA's mission
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Frustration with the agency's demotion, mission drift, and other external
constraints led to resignations of key personnel in HQ and top regional
centers, coring out the institutional memory within the FEMA hierarchy