US crisis center stalls
Four years after the US Congress told the Homeland Security Department and other federal agencies to form an interagency center for crisis communications, the project is "in the early stages of development," has delays and a lack of clear direction, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office
The proposed US interagency Emergency Communications Preparedness Center (ECPC) has problems with making group decisions, agreeing on a strategy, demonstrating value to its members, maturing as an organization and defining its relationships with other organizations, GAO said March 3. DHS officials declined to comment on the report.
