I have covered the federal response to disasters for 25 years, and I have never seen such a focus on a hurricane as on the current one.
My inbox overflows with alerts about Hurricane Sandy followed by invites to press briefings.
There is nothing like an impending election, it seems, to focus the collective mind of the Executive Branch.
I guess we could call this post-Katrina syndrome.
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Bob Brewin joined Government Executive in April 2007, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience as a journalist focusing on defense issues and technology. Bob covers the world of defense and information technology for Nextgov, and is the author of the “What’s Brewin” blog.
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