RAND’s Recovery Tracking Tool

The sun rises behind houses where the water washed away sand after Hurricane Isabel's arrival in Hampton, Virginia, on September 19, 2003

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Disaster recovery is a massive undertaking—often involving thousands of projects, hundreds of stakeholders, and a maze of funding sources. This complex landscape can lead to significant inefficiencies, limited visibility by decisionmakers, and inadequate coordination, ultimately resulting in protracted and less effective recovery efforts. Based on years of research supporting large-scale recovery efforts across U.S. states and territories, RAND created the Recovery Tracking Tool.

The Recovery Tracking Tool offers an executive-level overview of recovery progress while enabling users to drill down into subrecipient- and project-level performance metrics. The tool can be used to enhance transparency and accountability, facilitate data-driven decision making, and support strategic resource allocation.

In this presentation, RAND experts will explain the development and evolution of the Recovery Tracking Tool, showcase its key features through a live demonstration, and discuss the valuable insights it generates. By leveraging these insights, stakeholders can significantly enhance the speed and efficiency of disaster recovery efforts.

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Contact RAND Homeland Security Research Divsion with questions about the event.