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Community Resilience & Superstorm Sandy

Federal Resources & Reports

The most comprehensive document is from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development: Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy: Summary and Full report

Dept. of Commerce: Economic Impact of Hurricane Sandy: Potential Economic Activity Lost and Gained in New Jersey and New York

Dept. of Energy: Sandy Updates; Hurricane Sandy-Nor'easter: final situation reports

Dept. of Homeland Security: DHS Responds to Hurricane Sandy

Energy Information Administration: Hurricane Sandy (impact on fuel processing and supplies)

Environmental Protection Agency: Hurricane Sandy Response and Recovery

Federal Communications Commission: FCC Workshop on Network Resiliency 2013 (various papers related to communications networks); FCC Emergency Actions Regarding Hurricane Sandy; Public Input Sought on Verizon Special Access Affected by Hurricane Sandy; Public Input Sought on Verizon Services Affected by Hurricane Sandy

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Disaster Relief (portal to sources of assistance); New Jersey Hurricane Sandy (DR-4086); Hurricane Sandy: One Year Later; How to Find Your FIRM (Flood Insurance Rate Map); Map Search

Government Accountability Office (GAO): Hurricane Sandy: An Investment Strategy Could Help the Federal Government Enhance National Resilience for Future Disasters (Washington, D.C.: Jul 30, 2015); Hurricane Sandy: FEMA Has Improved Disaster Aid Verification but Could Act to Further Limit Improper Assistance (Washington, D.C.: Dec 12, 2014); Climate Change: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure (Washington, D.C.: Sep 28, 2017)