When FEMA was absorbed into the greater Homeland Security apparatus, the protocol for immediate disaster relief operations changed. An event labeled an "incident of national significance" -- like Hurricane Katrina -- meant an automatic realignment of bureaucratic hierarchy, and Michael Brown was technically demoted before he should have been fired. The
Zen and the Art of Federal Emergency Management
Zen and the Art of Federal Emergency…
Zen and the Art of Federal Emergency Management
When FEMA was absorbed into the greater Homeland Security apparatus, the protocol for immediate disaster relief operations changed. An event labeled an "incident of national significance" -- like Hurricane Katrina -- meant an automatic realignment of bureaucratic hierarchy, and Michael Brown was technically demoted before he should have been fired. The