Citing the recently established Preparedness Directorate as a key component in working with local authorities, Chertoff said, "I look forward in everything we do to continue to do it with you as stakeholders and partners, listening to you, empowering you, working with you, lending you our capabilities, but always remembering that the first, most significant level of government in terms of people's day-to-day lives, is the government that they touch locally."
DHS, Cities And States Partnership = Strong National Preparedness
The first, most significant level of government in terms of people's day-to-day lives, is the government that they touch locally."
In a speech to the National League of Cities, Secretary Michael Chertoff pledged the Department of Homeland Security to work closely with city and state partners to better prepare citizens for natural and other disasters.
Citing the recently established Preparedness Directorate as a key component in working with local authorities, Chertoff said, "I look forward in everything we do to continue to do it with you as stakeholders and partners, listening to you, empowering you, working with you, lending you our capabilities, but always remembering that the first, most significant level of government in terms of people's day-to-day lives, is the government that they touch locally."
Citing the recently established Preparedness Directorate as a key component in working with local authorities, Chertoff said, "I look forward in everything we do to continue to do it with you as stakeholders and partners, listening to you, empowering you, working with you, lending you our capabilities, but always remembering that the first, most significant level of government in terms of people's day-to-day lives, is the government that they touch locally."
