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Unit 5 Assignment

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Policies

Develop an 18-22 slide analytical PowerPoint presentation that evaluates the effectiveness of policies designed to respond to disasters.

Your presentation should address the following:

1. Use the following identified measures in assessing the effectiveness of disaster response effort policies:

● Have disasters been accurately predicted? ● Have citizens and stakeholders been properly notified/warned about disasters? ● Have there been effective response and recovery efforts to disasters? ● Has there been effective future mitigation efforts in response to disasters? ● Are disaster response policies and systems cost efficient?

2. Apply those measures to specific policies. Provide examples and details.

3. Analyze and then evaluate the effectiveness of those policies. Are they working, based on the measures you used? If not, why not?

4. Answer the following questions based on your analysis and evaluation:

● Are DHS and FEMA properly organized to effectively deal with natural and technological disasters?

● Should FEMA be removed from DHS and made an independent agency reporting to POTUS? ● How effective are federal government disaster response policies?

In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the Assignment, you should format your presentation in accordance with the following guidelines:

● Include at least two sources in your presentation. ● Use one basic slide design and layout. ● Use charts and graphs as needed. ● Limit slides to between 6 and 8 lines of content. ● Use bullets for your main points. ● Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you are

presenting to an audience. ● Use APA citations on appropriate slides.

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Checklist for the Unit 5 Assignment

Criteria: Ask yourself the following questions. Not Yet Yes

Content

Did you identify 5 measures used to evaluate the effectiveness of disaster response effort policies?

Did you apply those measures to specific policies and provide examples and details?

Did you analyze and then evaluate the effectiveness of those policies?

Did you answer the specific questions from the assignment?

Research

Is your research current?

Did you discuss all the required areas in a substantive manner?

Did you use appropriate reference material to support major statements?

Quality

Is your content complete enough to address the topic and questions?

Is there a logical flow to your ideas?

Did you present the material in a clear and concise manner to provide easy readability?

Format

Did you prepare your project as a Microsoft PowerPoint document?

Did you label your file correctly?

Did you use APA format to cite your sources?

Did you check your document for grammar and spelling?

Did your paper meet the length requirements?