FEMA Administrator 2
FEMA Administrator 2 : "The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator is the principal advisor to the President, the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and the Secretary for all matters relating to emergency management in the United States. The Administrator partners with State, tribal and local governments and emergency responders, with Federal agencies, with the private sector and with nongovernmental sectors to utilize all the nation's resources to respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other manmade disasters, including catastrophic incidents". (DHS, National Response Framework -- Federal Partner Guide (Comment Draft), September 10, 2007, pp. 2-3) [Note: Compare the statement immediately above to the following from the Jan 2008 DHS NRP: "The President leads the Federal Government response effort to ensure that the necessary coordinating structures, leadership, and resources are applied uickly and efficiently to large-scale and catastrophic incidents. The President's Homeland Security Council and National Security Council, which bring together Cabinet officers and other department or agency heads as necessary, provide national strategic and policy advice to the President during large-scale incidents that affect the Nation". (p. 24; emphasis in the original)
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