...2001, he directed FEMA to establish an Office of National Preparedness (ONP). The President wants FEMA to work closely with state and local governments to...their planning, training, and equipment needs are addressed, and with other agencies to ensure that the response to weapons of mass destruction threats...

...Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies. The Office of National Preparedness will work closely with state and local governments to ensure...their planning, training, and equipment needs are addressed. FEMA will also work closely with the Department of Justice, in its lead role for crisis...

...- Creating the Office of National Preparedness On May 8, 200 1 , the President tasked the Director with creating the Office of National Preparedness...planning, training, and equipment needs are met." The mission of the Office of National Preparedness (ONP) is to provide leadership in coordinating and facilitating...

...to the Statement, ONP was to coordinate all federal programs for WMD consequence management and also to "work closely with state and local governments...ensure their planning, training and equipment needs are addressed." Recent congressional testimony by ONP's Director Bruce Baughman states that "the President's...

...management within [Executive Branch Agencies]* * *" The Office of National Preparedness has been working closely with State and local governments to ensure their planning, training, and equipment needs are addressed. The President's FY 2003 budget proposal requested $3.5 billion for FEMA to provide support...

...Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies. The Office of National Preparedness works with state and local governments to ensure their planning, training, and equipment needs are addressed. FEMA was tasked to work closely with the Department of Justice, in its lead role for crisis...

...terrorist attacks was identified well before September 11. On May 8, 2001, the President tasked me with creating the Office of National Preparedness...a vital solution for a problem long recognized but rarely acted upon — the need for central coordination among the myriad of Federal programs dealing...

...8, 2001, the President tasked the Director with creating the Office of National Preparedness (ONP) within FEMA to "coordinate all federal programs dealing...planning, training, and equipment needs are met." The mission of the ONP is to provide leadership in coordinating and facilitating all federal efforts to...

...dealing with weapons of mass destruction consequence management within the Departments of Defense, Hearth and Human Services, Justice, and Energy, the Environmental...planning, training, and equipment needs are met" The mission of the Office of National Preparedness (ONP) is to provide leadership in coordinating and facilitating...

..."coordinate all Federal programs dealing with weapons of mass destruction consequence management" and "work closely with state and local governments to...their planning, training, and equipment needs are met" ONP: Mission and Activities in Support of Homeland Security Following the September 1 1 attacks, the...