Congressional Reports: H. Rpt. 109-377 – A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (February 15, 2006)

Cover A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for the Response to Hurricane Katrina provides its Final Report regarding the local, State, and Federal government emergency plans, coordination, and response to Hurricane Katrina, together with additional views.

The Full Report (28 MB, 569 pages) is available as a single ZIP file. Documents within the ZIP file and in the browse table below are available in PDF format.

**A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina**
Document Section	File Size	Number of Pages
Cover	160 KB	1
Front Matter	181 KB	8
Preface	73 KB	4
Executive Summary of Findings	82 KB	6
Investigation Overview	469 KB	22
Background	303 KB	30
Pre-landfall Preparation and Katrina's Impact	410 KB	22
Hurricane Pam	79 KB	6
Levees	255 kB	16
Evacuation	632 KB	28
The National Framework for Emergency Management	212 KB	20
FEMA Preparedness	169 KB	12
Communications	271 KB	20
Command and Control	281 KB	18
The Military	616 KB	40
Law Enforcement	457 KB	26
Medical Care	558 KB	44
Shelter and Housing	188 KB	8
Logistics and Contracting	347 KB	24
Charitable Organizations	258 KB	16
Conclusion	46 KB	4
Appendix 1 - Glossary of Acronyms	45 KB	11
Appendix 2 - HSOC Spot Report	262 KB	2
Appendix 3 - White House Document Review	41 KB	4
Appendix 4 - Emergency Grants to States	82 KB	17
Appendix 5 - Key Federal Law Enforcement Activities	103 KB	20
Appendix 6 - GAO Report	1.0 MB	9
Appendix 7 - DHS Response to GAO Report	1.0 MB	9
Appendix 8 - McKinney Supplement (Full)	12.2 MB	72

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Congressional Reports: H. Rpt. 109-377 – A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (February 15, 2006)