If any of you are thinking of using the government's social, political, and
economic response to these events in your classes, there are over 100 of
these official information sources/reports. I marvel at the amount of
information about this tragedy that is "freely" available through the web
for anyone who has the patience (or the luck to work with a librarian) to
sort through it all.
In brief, here are a handful of major executive and legislative
information sources (some are large files and may take a few minutes to
download):
The House launched a series of hearings and reports through an ad
hoc committee it established shortly after the scale of the disaster became
painfully obvious, here is select list of their findings:
A failure of initiative: final report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to
Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina/2006 U.S.
House of Representatives, Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the
Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 1.1/8:109-377
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS68393
A failure of initiative: final report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to
Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina/2006 U.S.
House of Representatives, Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the
Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 1.1/8:109-377/DRAFT
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67012
A failure of initiative : supplementary report and document annex/2006 U.S.
House of Representatives, Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the
Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 1.1/8:109-396
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67975
Hurricane Katrina preparedness and response by the state of Louisiana,
Wednesday, December 14, 2005. U.S. House of Representatives, Select
Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67238
Hurricane Katrina preparedness and response by the state of Mississippi,
Wednesday, December 7, 2005. U.S. House of Representatives, Select
Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/2
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67239
Hurricane Katrina voices from inside the storm, Tuesday, December 6, 2005.
U.S. House of Representatives, Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate
the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/3
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67240
Hurricane Katrina preparedness and response by the state of Alabama,
Wednesday, November 9, 2005. U.S. House of Representatives, Select
Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/4
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67241
Hurricane Katrina the federal government's use of contractors to prepare and
respond, Wednesday, November 2, 2005. U.S. House of Representatives, Select
Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/5
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67242
Hurricane Katrina preparedness and response by the Department of Defense,
the Coast Guard, and the National Guard of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama, Thursday, October 27, 2005.
U.S. House of Representatives, Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate
the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/6
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67245
Hurricane Katrina the role of the Department of Homeland Security,
Wednesday, October 19, 2005. U.S. House of Representatives, Select
Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/7
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67246
Hurricane Katrina the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Tuesday, September 27, 2005. U.S. House of Representatives, Select
Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/8
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67248
Predicting hurricanes what we knew about Katrina and when, Thursday,
September 22, 2005. U.S. House of Representatives, Select Bipartisan
Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane
Katrina, 2005
Y 4.2:H 93/9
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67237
