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• Background
• LTCR provided coordination and planning assistance to states and localities
• The lack of clear criteria and the timing of LTCR assistance presented challenges to recovery partners
• LTCR's assistance with disaster recovery coordination was generally considered valuable, but some challenges limited its effectiveness
• LTCR's recovery planning assistance benefited states and localities, but some practices limited more effective implementation of recovery plans
• Conclusions.

The administration is developing the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) in order to enhance the nation's ability to deliver recovery assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Long-Term Community Recovery Branch (LTCR) is responsible for leading a network of primarily federal agencies, known as ESF-14, that supports long-term recovery. LTCR's experiences offer potential insights for developing the NDRF. GAO was asked to report on (1) the roles that LTCR played in recent disasters, (2) broad criteria and timing challenges that affected this assistance, (3) the effectiveness of specific coordination practices, and (4) the effectiveness of specific planning assistance practices. GAO focused on three disasters with significant LTCR involvement: the Greensburg tornado (2007), the Iowa floods (2008), and Hurricane Ike (2008).

• Preface-- Federal Contracting: Monitoring & Oversight of Tribal 8(a) Firms Need Attention-- Alaska Native Corporations: Oversight Weaknesses Continue to Limit SBA's Ability to Monitor Compliance with 8(a) Program Requirements-- Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Tribal firms -- those owned by Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and Indian tribes -- are afforded special advantages within the Small Business Administrations (SBA) 8(a) business development program. This book identifies trends in government 8(a) contracting with tribal firms; determines why the government awarded sole-source contracts to tribal 8(a) firms and the methods used to make price determinations; assesses the procuring agencies oversight of contracts for compliance with subcontracting requirements; and examines SBAs new 8(a) regulation, intended to clarify program rules, to determine how the changes could affect oversight of tribal 8(a) firms.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)