PAEM_Session_3.doc

Session No. 3 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Title: Public Administration and Emergency Management Session Title: Disasters and Intergovernmental Relations Time: 4 hours ________________________________________________________________________ Objectives At the conclusion of this session, students will be able to Describe the national emergency management system in terms of the roles of the major intergovernmental actors Describe and discuss the legal and political relationships among federal, state, and local emergency management agencies Describe and discuss the fiscal relationships among federal, state, and local governments and how they may affect the finding of emergency management agencies Discuss the role of the local “first responders. Describe the legal, political, and administrative aspects of intra-governmental relations Describe and discuss the kinds of problems that can occur when programs require intra-governmental, multi-organizational, and inter-sector cooperation and collaboration. ________________________________________________________________________ Scope Overview of the relationships among federal, state, and local government agencies and how they interact in both disasters and the management of major natural and technological hazards, and the relationships among governmental and nongovernmental actors in disaster management. This session fits the national emergency management system into the overall framework of the American federal system and shows why the federal system often complicates emergency management programs and efforts. ________________________________________________________________________ Readings Required student readings: Nicholas Henry, Chapter 12, “Intergovernmental Administration,” in Public Administration and Public Affairs, 11th Edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Longman/Pearson Publishers, 2010). David A. McEntire and Gregg Dawson, “The Intergovernmenta