Disaster Accountability Project

Disaster Accountability Project
Founded	2007
Founder	Ben Smilowitz
Focus	Disaster management
Method	organization, education, advocacy
Website	disasteraccountability.org

The Disaster Accountability Project (DAP) is a non-partisan watchdog organization dedicated to improving disaster management systems. DAP was founded in 2007 by Ben Smilowitz as a reaction to the responses to hurricanes Katrina and Rita.^[1] DAP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a 2008 Echoing Green fellowship organization.^[2]

Initiatives

Disaster Accountability Project Hotline - a toll free hotline through which survivors of a disaster, relief workers, and whistle-blowers can report gaps in relief services.^[3]
Federal Emergency Management Agency's ice policy - an effort to pressure FEMA to reverse its decision to only deliver ice for "medical emergencies" following a disaster.^[4]
FEMA Structural Reforms - among other reforms, DAP has advocated for the elevation of the FEMA Administrator to a U.S. Cabinet-level position.^[5]
Report on Southern Louisiana Emergency Preparedness^[6] - a study conducted in 2009, which evaluated the emergency preparedness plans of 22 Southern Louisiana parishes based upon their comprehensiveness and accessibility to the general public.^[7]^[8] The study revealed that 11 of the 22 parishes surveyed could not or would not produce copies of their emergency plans when requested.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
ReliefOversight.org^[13] - a website created as a response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. ReliefOversight.org monitors the activities of relief organizations in disaster zones during the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster.^[14]^[15]^[16]

References

External links

Disaster Accountability Project website

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