This article examines the state of federalism in the Bush Administration from the perspective of the policy area of … homeland security and disaster response. The article uses the International City and County Management Association homeland … look for one single agency to control homeland security and disaster response, a networked model is better supported by the …

Floods are the most expensive form of natural disaster in the United States. Recent massive floods in Louisiana show … National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides most of the flood insurance policies on homes in the United States. The U ….S. Flood Insurance Program is a complex scheme that uses insurance coverage subsidies, mandates, and other tools to support …

. Building on insights provided by the “second generation” wave of research on fiscal federalism, this paper proposes a unified …