Describe the subsequent lessons learned and improvements made by the Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act of 2006 and how they affected emergency response and recovery in Hurricane Sandy.

• Discuss the formation of FEMA, then describe how the position of FEMA changed following the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.
• Discuss the intended and unintended outcomes that emerged following FEMA’s incorporation into DHS.
• Describe how Hurricane Katrina swung the pendulum back towards natural disasters from a focus on terrorism following 9/11.
• Describe the subsequent lessons learned and improvements made by the Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act of 2006 and how they affected emergency response and recovery in Hurricane Sandy.
• Discuss the changes in the process for presidential disaster declarations due to the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.
• Describe how FEMA works with local and state emergency management services and community stakeholders.
• Identify improvements instituted by the Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act of 2006 and how they affected emergency response and recovery in Hurricane Sandy.