RESPONSESYSTEM

In the years following its inception, the System built an advisory structure, in 1993 convening an Advisory Committee comprised of Sponsoring Agency and Task Force Representatives. Federal advisory committees automatically expire every two years unless the original charter is renewed and the System's Advisory Committee was allowed to expire. The Operations Group and various Work Groups continued to conduct research and make recommendations absent of strategic oversight to the US&R Branch until the current Strategic Group was formed in 2011. ​ Building upon evaluations of the Katrina response, FEMA and the System re-instated an Advisory Organization to integrate strategic and operational (tactical) input from Sponsoring Agencies and Task Forces. FEMA receives guidance and feedback from these stakeholders through an organization comprised of strategic, functional, and issue-specific groups. Recommendations brought to FEMA for consideration have been vetted through the National US&R..