National Response Framework

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday released a final version of its new National Response Framework, the blueprint for coordinating responses to future emergencies large and small. The document affirms the FEMA administrator's role as the president's principal adviser on emergency management and clarifies the roles of the principal federal official, the federal coordinating officer and the state coordinating officer. An earlier version of the framework was heavily revised after the agency received thousands of comments from federal, tribal, state and local government officials, as well as the private sector.