Politics: State and Local Government( Texas)

This PBS documentary is based on Hurricane Katrina that affected New Orleans in 2005.  For this discussion forum, you will need to view the documentary and address the following questions.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/storm/

• Discuss the problems encountered in New Orleans due to the lack of interoperability or the lack of radio communication.  What role did it play?
• This documentary speaks to the concept of federalism.  Define federalism and discuss how interoperability relates to federalism in terms of funding.