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Major General Doug O'Dell serves as the Federal Coordinator for the Office of Gulf Coast Rebuilding managing the long-term Federal rebuilding efforts by working with state and local officials to reach consensus on their vision for the region. The overarching mission of the Federal Coordinator is to identify the priority of needs for long-term rebuilding by working with the people on the ground; communicate those realities to the decision makers in Washington; and advise the President and his senior leadership on the most effective, integrated, and fiscally responsible Federal strategies for supporting a full and vibrant recovery
The strategy is focused on a set of prioritized, integrated and long-term initiatives to build the region back better than it was before, per President Bush’s September 15, 2005 speech in Jackson Square, New Orleans. The initiatives are:
The Office, created on November 1, 2005 by Executive Order 13390 officially opened on November 16, 2005, in Washington, D.C. In addition, the Federal Coordinator has an office in Baton Rouge with a team that regularly travels throughout the region. Other satellite offices are being set up on the coasts of both Mississippi and Louisiana to provide hands-on support in the region. Together, we will make good on the President’s commitment to rebuild and renew this important American community.
This page was last reviewed/modified on April 30, 2008.