Federal Lessons Documented
"Frances Townsend has been a trusted advisor on global terrorism in my Administration. Her strong background in law enforcement, coupled with her experience in the intelligence community, makes her an excellent choice to be Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor as we face the continuing challenges of protecting America from the terrorists who seek to do us harm," President Bush stated.
Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend was appointed Homeland Security Advisor by the President on May 28th, 2004. Ms. Townsend chairs the Homeland Security Council and reports to the President on United States Homeland Security policy and Combating Terrorism matters. She oversaw the creation of The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned Full PDF Document (3.19 MB) .
Every American policy maker should read this document -
Letter to the President from Frances Fragos Townsend
Foreword
Chapter One: Katrina in Perspective
Chapter Two: National Preparedness - A Primer
Chapter Three: Hurricane Katrina - Pre-Landfall
Chapter Four: A Week of Crisis (August 29-September 5)
Chapter Five: Lessons Learned
Chapter Six: Transforming National Preparedness
Chapter Seven: Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix A – Recommendations
Appendix B – What Went Right
Appendix C – List of Acronyms
Appendix D – Staff Page
Appendix E – Endnotes
