WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it has extended the deadline for public comment on the National Response Framework draft.
The framework is a DHS effort to provide an overview of the key response principles, roles and structures that guide the national response describing how communities, states and the federal government coordinate a national response among other details of emergency response coordination.
The current draft of the National Response Framework was set to close the public comment period on Oct. 11. Officials at the DHS announced Tuesday it has extended the public comment period until Oct. 22 to provide additional time for feedback on the document.
"It is important to make sure that we provide ample opportunity within reason for those who wish to make comments in the development of the National Response Framework," said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, in a statement. "While we have already engaged in extensive outreach to our stakeholders on the development of this vital Framework, we would like to offer our partners more time to provide final feedback and input."
The National Response Framework, successor to the National Response Plan, has been posted on the DHS Web site since Sept. 10.
The draft National Response Framework is an effort to respond to requests from federal, state and local authorities that the document be streamlined and shortened, less bureaucratic and more user-friendly.
