print email comment close A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina URL: http://katrina.house.gov Description: This February 2006 report is based on a House investigation that included statements from individuals such as the governors of Louisiana and Mississippi, the mayor of New Orleans, Michael Chertoff (secretary of the Department of Homeland Security), members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and New Orleans citizens and evacuees. From a committee of the House of Representatives, established in September 2005 and chaired by Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA). Publisher: U.S. House of Representatives Extra Keywords Blanco Nagin Barbour Alabama Bob Riley Library of Congress Subject Headings: Emergency management -- United States Governmental investigations -- United States Hurricane Katrina, 2005 LII Database Information: Record 20669 created by Maria Brandt on 02/14/2006 Last modification on 02/15/2006 Published: 02/15/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20669