"NEMB-CAP is an ongoing effort sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that is analyzing existing emergency management programs planning efforts at the State level using the EMAP Standard. To date, 40 States have completed the NEMB-CAP process. Of the 40 States, only two met all criteria for planning, only five were compliant with most or all standards, and only two states were fully compliant in all 14 functional areas. The process has highlighted the importance of ensuring that roles and responsibilities are not only well understood, but also operationalized at the State and local level; additionally, findings from this process have revealed critical national weaknesses in key operational areas and catastrophic planning efforts, including: (1) Incident management (2) Planning, including continuity of operations and recovery strategies (3) Hazard identification, risk assessment, and impact analysis (4) Resource management, including identification of resource objectives, by hazard, predisaster". (DHS/ODP, FY 2006 EMPG Program Guidance, November 2005, p. 7)