Getting Down to Business: An Action Plan for Public-Private Disaster Response Coordination: The Report of the Business Response Task Force

The 2005 hurricane season and its prolonged crisis aftermath demonstrated beyond doubt that the
United States is not adequately prepared to deal with major catastrophes, whether natural or man-made.
Coming nearly four years after the 9/11 attacks, the inadequate local, state and federal government
responses to Hurricane Katrina put the entire nation on alert that America has many problems to
overcome before being truly ready to mount a reinforced and efficient disaster response.

Invited by the senior leadership of both the United States Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to offer advice for integrating the resources of America’s vast private sector into its disaster response plans, in June 2006 BENS formed a Task Force to recommend to the U.S. Government steps to systematically integrate the capabilities of the private sector—principally those of the business community—into a comprehensive national disaster response mechanism.

More Publications

NationalDefenseAuthorizationActFY2022

BENS Summary of the FY22 NDAA Bill Highlights

On December 7th and December 15th respectively, the House of Representatives and the Senate passed S.1605, the conferenced text of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. The…

BENS Leadership Report 2021 Final Cover 800w

BENS 2021 Leadership Report

The 2021 Leadership Report captures the highlights of our BENS activities over the last year. Given the extraordinary environment in which we are operating — I hope that you will…

President Biden After Signing The Infrastructure Investment And Job Act Into Law

BENS Overview of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law on November 15th, funds projects and grants to build more resilient, modern, and secure infrastructure across the United States. This overview…

Receive BENS news and insights in your inbox.