A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, credited to United States House of Representatives, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina by United States House of Representatives. Read in English by volunteer readers. In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The Committee was charged with conducting "a full and complete investigation and study and to report its findings to the House not later than February 15, 2006, regarding-- (1) the development, coordination, and execution by local, State, and Federal authorities of emergency response plans and other activities in preparation for Hurricane Katrina; and (2) the local, State, and Federal government response to Hurricane Katrina." The Committee presents the report narrative and the findings that stem from it to the U.S. House of Representatives and the American people for their consideration. Members of the Select Committee agree unanimously with the report and its findings. Other Members of Congress who participated in the Select Committee’s hearings and investigation but were not official members of the Select Committee, while concurring with a majority of the report’s findings, have presented additional views as well, which we offer herein on their behalf. First and foremost, this report is issued with our continued thoughts and prayers for Katrina’s victims. Their families. Their friends. The loss of life, of property, of livelihoods and dreams has been enormous. And we salute all Americans who have stepped up to the plate to help in any way they can. (Summary modified from the Preface.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
• Author credits: United States House of Representatives
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 53
• Listed recording duration: 20:59:12

Catalogue topics

• government
• Law
• hurricanes
• natural disasters
• disasters
• hurricane katrina
• new orleans
• disaster relief

Opening tracks: first 24 of 53

1. 00 - Preface — 15:02
2. 01 - Executive Summary of Findings — 20:40
3. 02 - Investigation Overview, part 1 — 17:48
4. 03 - Investigation Overview, part 2 — 19:18
5. 04 - Investigation Overview, part 3 — 18:23
6. 05 - Investigation Overview, part 4 — 26:06
7. 06 - Background, part 1 — 32:09
8. 07 - Background, part 2 — 30:15
9. 08 - Background, part 3 — 23:52
10. 09 - Background, part 4 — 22:51
11. 10 - Pre-landfall Preparation and Katrina's Impact, part 1 — 26:02
12. 11 - Pre-landfall Preparation and Katrina's Impact, part 2 — 19:50
13. 12 - Pre-landfall Preparation and Katrina's Impact, part 3 — 28:00
14. 13 - Hurricane Pam — 17:08
15. 14 - Levees, part 1 — 26:31
16. 15 - Levees, part 2 — 22:39
17. 16 - Evacuation, part 1 — 24:31
18. 17 - Evacuation, part 2 — 30:46
19. 18 - Evacuation, part 3 — 18:02
20. 19 - Evacuation, part 4 — 21:23
21. 20 - The National Framework for Emergency Management, part 1 — 15:39
22. 21 - The National Framework for Emergency Management, part 2 — 19:57
23. 22 - The National Framework for Emergency Management, part 3 — 20:55
24. 23 - FEMA Preparedness — 38:47

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