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Executive Order 13411

Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims

This executive order establishes an interagency Task Force on Disaster Assistance Coordination to develop a plan streamlining federal disaster assistance delivery. The plan must include a centralized application process, a clearinghouse for assistance information, reduced duplication, and fraud controls, with phased implementation by December 31, 2008. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit the plan to the President by March 1, 2007, with quarterly progress reports thereafter until implementation is complete.

Federal Register Open PDF 71 FR 52729

Impact dates

  1. Phased implementation of Plan to be completed

  2. Secretary of Homeland Security submits Plan to President for approval

  3. Quarterly progress reports to Assistant to President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and OMB Director until implementation complete

Key directives

  • Establish Task Force on Disaster Assistance Coordination chaired by DHS Secretary
  • Develop plan to streamline federal disaster assistance delivery
  • Create centralized application process for federal disaster assistance
  • Create centralized continuously updated clearinghouse for assistance information
  • Reduce duplicative application forms and processes
  • Strengthen controls to prevent improper payments and fraud
  • Include implementation schedule with quarterly milestones and metrics
  • Submit plan to President by March 1, 2007
  • Submit quarterly progress reports until implementation complete
  • Phased implementation by December 31, 2008

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Task Force established with DHS Secretary as Chair
  • agency heads required to provide requested assistance

Near term (90d)

  • Plan development by Task Force with inventory of programs and assessment of delivery mechanisms

Long term

  • Plan submission by March 1, 2007
  • phased implementation through December 31, 2008
  • quarterly progress reports until implementation complete

Risks & tensions

  • Implementation dependent on appropriations availability (Sec. 3)
  • Task Force membership at Assistant Secretary level or higher may create scheduling challenges for 16 agencies
  • Quarterly milestones and metrics requirement adds accountability but complexity
  • Privacy protections may constrain data sharing for centralized clearinghouse
  • No enforcement mechanism for agency compliance beyond presidential direction
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