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[Department of Homeland Security News] As part of her ongoing effort to improve and streamline Gulf Coast recovery efforts, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a further realignment of offices today. The Gulf Coast Recovery Office, a temporary operation created after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to oversee the multi-state Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operations of the Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas Transition Recovery Offices (TRO), will be dissolved.

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[SunHerald.com: State] DHS tries to streamline recovery in Louisiana - State - SunHerald.com: NEW ORLEANS -- In a move designed to quicken recovery from hurricanes, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday it was closing a special oversight office set up after Katrina that critics contended had become a cumbersome layer of bureaucracy.

[Department of Homeland Security News] DHS: Secretary Napolitano Announces FEMA Management Consolidation ...: While day-to-day operations will still be performed locally, Secretary Napolitano and Acting FEMA Administrator Nancy Ward believe the regional office team is best positioned to guide the process of securing permanent housing for affected families, and recovering their communities. The FEMA regional staff, led by a regional administrator who oversees FEMA programs in eight states, currently works closely with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency on all FEMA programs.

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[Global Community Security] Global Community Security Institute » Blog Archive » FEMA ...: Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano announced she will transition management oversight of the Mississippi Long Term Recovery Office (LTRO) from Biloxi, Miss., to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regional office in Atlanta, Ga., on March 23, 2009.

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