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Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

Description: This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuations of individuals in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. It also highlights several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy.
Date: April 29, 2010
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
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Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

Description: This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuation of individuals from Hurricane Katrina. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted. This report will be updated as significant legislative or administrative changes occur.
Date: March 30, 2009
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
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Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

Description: This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuations of individuals in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted.
Date: January 18, 2011
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
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Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues

Description: This report discusses the following: Medicaid’s rules on eligibility, benefits, and financing in the context of current questions and issues raised by Hurricane Katrina. Recent state actions in response to Medicaid issues raised by the hurricane. Federal Medicaid waiver authority, including information on current activity in this area and the New York Disaster Relief Medicaid waiver granted in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Current federal legislation related to Medicaid and Hu… more
Date: November 18, 2005
Creator: Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Grady, April; Hearne, Jean P. & Herz, Elicia J.
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New Orleans Levees and Floodwalls: Hurricane Damage Protection

Description: Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge breached floodwalls and levees surrounding New Orleans, causing widespread inundation and significant damage and hampering rescue and recovery efforts. Flooding from precipitation and storm surges flowing over levees and floodwalls was anticipated because the hurricane’s intensity
Date: September 8, 2005
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
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New Orleans Levees and Floodwalls: Hurricane Damage Protection

Description: This report discusses the causes of the flooding in New Orleans as a result of Hurricane Katrina, flood predictions prior to the hurricane, the disagreements between those who advocate for more structural flood protections and those who warn of their own risks, and the breaches which occurred at the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Project that was being constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Date: September 6, 2005
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
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Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls

Description: This report documents the evolution in the design of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection project, with specific reference to how and by whom design decisions were made. The focus is on the shift from barriers at Lake Pontchartrain's inlets to higher levees along the lakeshore, and the shift from floodgates at the mouth of New Orleans' stormwater outfall canals to higher floodwalls along the length of the canals.
Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
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