State and Federally Declared Disasters

Published: Oct. 1, 2013, 5 a.m.

Interview by Jennifer Acton, Senior Legislative Analyst, with the Fiscal Services Division of the Legislative Services Agency with John Benson, Communications Bureau Chief, with the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management regarding the differences between a State and federally declared disaster and the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s role in mitigating the disaster.