USA: Breaking the cycle of preparing for the last disaster

During a question-and-answer session with Emergency Management magazine, William Jenkins, director of Homeland Security and Justice for the U.S. Government Accountability Office, provided insight into the office’s role with emergency management and recommendations for emergency managers seeking to establish measurements for their agencies.

"The response to the disaster reveals some areas that could be improved, such as strengthening levees to provide greater protection from a future flooding disaster. We tend to focus on efforts to make sure those things don’t happen again, or at least happen to a lesser extent," he says.