Chain of Command Results
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Two broken chains of command
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FEMA (response and recovery)
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Directorate of Preparedness (mitigation and preparation)
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Diminished capacity to receive, transmit, and act on risk messages
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Loss of institutional memory in the FEMA hierarchy
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FEMA's authority to communicate with the President dimmed
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The potential for conflict in communications with DHS
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Seeming apathy from the top of the stovepipe (AP videos released in early
March)
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Managerialism: precautionary principle less important than opportunity costs
of natural hazard mitigation, preparation, response on other administrative
agendas