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Being prepared for disaster: strategies and tactics for finance managers.
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Since the events of September 11, 2001, the role of government financial managers has changed along with the rapidly changing environment of emergency management. Demand for funding to be prepared for disasters comes at a time when budgets are already strained and revenues limited. Consequently, budget officials are continually juggling requests for normal operations with public safety requests for disaster preparedness.
The demand for public safety funding has come from almost every conceivable direction. The threat of terrorist attacks, concerns about severe weather events, especially after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Being prepared for disaster: strategies and tactics for finance...