More Katrina & Governance

Brookings Institution recently held a major program to discuss "Forming the Federal-State-Local Government Partnership for Southern Louisiana" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 

Here's the description:

As we approach the six-month mark of the post-Katrina recovery effort, the Brookings Institution will host leaders from the New Orleans area along with federal policymakers for a public dialogue on how best to rebuild the city of New Orleans and southern Louisiana. The program will assess the state and local progress on the ground, and then focus on the role the federal government needs to play in order to facilitate the re-building of communities and residents' lives. Participants include the co-chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the federal coordinator for Gulf Coast rebuilding.

The forum is designed to be highly interactive. It will be comprised of two panels. The first will focus on the status of state and local plans for rebuilding southern Louisiana and New Orleans–honing in on details of the local and state visions for long-term rebuilding, whether these plans are complementary, and the extent of the challenges that remain. The second panel will consist of federal leaders who will discuss what the federal response ought to be, given what the people of Louisiana and New Orleans envision and need.

The transcript is available at the above link.