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&300.334Federal Emergency Management Agency

July 25 , 2003

National Comm ission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United StatesAttn: Mark Bittinger301 7th Street, S.W., Room 5125Washington, D.C. 20407RE: Response of the Federal Em ergency Man agem ent Agency, Em ergency

Preparedness and Response Directorate, D epartment of Ho meland Security, toFEMA Document Request No. 1Dear Sirs:Accompanying this letter are documents, in excess of 3,200 pages, that are presentlyavailable and are responsive to your individual document requests. The docum ents are ineither an electronic o r hard copy format. We und erstand that this is a rolling documentrequest and we will provide additional documents in the near future.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 202 646-3327 or a mem berof my staff, Diane D onley at ext. 3120 or Adrian Sevier at ext. 3696.Sincerely yours,

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Federal Emergency Management AgencyWashington, B.C. 20472

August 1,2003

National Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United StatesAttn: Mark Bittinger30 1 7th Street, S.W., Room 5125Washington, D.C. 20407RE: Response of the Federal Em ergency Management Agency, EmergencyPreparedness an d Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, toFEMA Document Request No. 1Dear Sirs:Accompanying this letter is a second group of documents, of 2179 pages, that areresponsive to your individual document requests. There are 1537 pages in electronicformat and 642 pages in hard copy. We understand that this is a rolling docum ent requestand we will provide an y additional documents that may become available in the future.We are withholding on e document an d providing a redacted version of a seconddocument. These documents arebeing withheld under attorney-client privilege. A listof those two docum ents is enclosed as Attachment A. Also enclosed is a list of classifieddocuments shown on Attachment B.For your records, our July 25,2003 document request actually included 3293 pages inelectronic format and 3681 pages in hard copy for a total of 6974 pages. In addition, wesupplied 15 videotapes.If yo u have an y questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 202 646-3327 or a memberof my staff, Adrian Sevier at ext. 3696 or Diane Donley at ext. 3120.Sincerely yours,

Linda M. DavisAssociate General Counsel for Program Law

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August 1,2003FEMA/DHS letter to CommissionATTACHMENT A

FEMA DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 11. Withheld Under Attorney-Client Privilege: M emorandum dated S eptember 19 , 2001,to M ichael Brown, General Counsel, FEM A, from Jason McNamara, Operations SectionChief, Emergency Support Team, Day, re: FEMA Response to International Offers ofAssistance. (Attached to this document is a document entitled "Proposed Utilization ofSelected Offers of Foreign Assistance" which is being produced with today'sproduction.)2. Redacted Based on Attorney Client Privilege: Chronology of FEMA 1391 -DR-NY .Prepared by the Information and Planning Section of 1391 -DR-NY. Docum ent attached.


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August 1, 2003FEMA/DHS letter to Commission

ATTACHMENT B

FEMA DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 1RESPONSE FROM OFFICE OF NATIONAL SECURITY COORDINATION: TheOffice of National Security Coordination (NS) is providing an inventory of internaldocuments that may be related to the information request.1) After-Action Analysis an d Assessment Report Executive Summary, datedOctober 29, 2001Summary: Document provides a high-level overview of the methodology used to developan after action analysis of the co ntinuity operation events surrounding September 11,2001. The description of the assessment methodo logy outlines three phases: datacollection, lessons learned, and recommendations for corrective actions.Classification: Top Secret.2) After Action Analysis and Assessment of Federal Executive Branch Response toTerrorist Attack on the United States - 09/11/2001, dated April 26,2002An after-action analysis and assessment of continuity operations during the periodSeptember 11 through O ctober 3, 2001, this doc ument focuses on five key areas:

- The development of an after-action analysis and assessment report;- The development of a com parative analysis between the 1995, 1999, andSeptember 2001 assessments;- The development of a lessons learned library and recommendations for remedialactions;- A review of the sufficiency and effectiveness of key program documentation; and- The development o f timeline of events during the time period

Document includes the lessons learned library.Classification: Top Secret.3) Briefing: "September 11, 2001, After-Action Analysis and Assessment ReportBriefing for the Director an d Deputy Director, Federal Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA), Office of National Security Coordination," dated September 27,2002Summary: The briefing provides an overview of the "After Action Analysis andAssessment of Federal Executive Branch Response to Terrorist Attack on the United


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States - 09/11/2001," report developed following the events of September 11, 2001. Thebriefing contains a comparison of the findings and recommendations addressed in the1995 and 1999 continuity operation assessments. These assessments were utilized as abaseline for the post-9/11 assessment. Focuses on four functional areas: Policy, Plans,Operations, and Tests, T raining, and Exercises. Briefing package includes executive notepages.Classification: Top Secret.4) Post-September 11,2001 After Action andAssessment Lessons Learned Libraryand COOP/COG Remedial/Corrective Action Program D atabase Users Guide,dated October 31, 2002Summary: Document is a user's guide to the "Lessons Learned Library (LLL)" databaseestablished for the findings and recommendations collected during the assessment. Theuser's guide also provides guidance on use as a Remedial A ction Program/C orrectiveAction Program (RAP/CAP) tool to document and track action on recommendations.Database is applicable for use in assessments and exercise events.Classification: Top Secret.If you need additional support, please contact me at (202) 646-3799.


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August 8, 2003

National Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States

Attn: Mark Bittinger301 7th Street, S.W., Room 5125Washington, D.C. 20407RE: Response of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency

Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, toFEMA Document Request No. 1

Dear Sirs:Accompanying this letter is a third group of documents, of more than 1100 pages, that areresponsive to your individual document requests. They are all in electronic format. Weunderstand that this is a rolling document request and we will provide any additionaldocuments that may become available in the future.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 202 646-3327 or AdrianSevier at exl. 3696.Sincerely yours,

inda M. DavisAssociate General Counsel for ProgramLaw

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SD B2 FEMA Fdr- Entire Contents- Document Request Responses 769