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FEMA Has Made Progress in Managing Regionalization of Preparedness Grants

GAO-11-732R Published: Jul 29, 2011. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2011.
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This report responds to Congress' March 2010 request related to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) efforts to delegate grants administration responsibilities to its regions. Specifically, we are reporting on (1) the extent to which FEMA has operationalized delegation of grants administration responsibilities for preparedness grants to the regions, and (2) the extent to which FEMA has assessed the regions' capacity to assume increased responsibility for administration of preparedness grants.

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Emergency preparednessFederal aid programsFederal aid to localitiesFinancial managementFunds managementGrant administrationGrant monitoringGrants to statesInternal controlsProgram managementRegional development programsRegional planningStandards