Founded | 2007 |
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Founder | Ben Smilowitz |
Focus | Disaster management |
Method | organization, education, advocacy |
Slogan | "Citizen oversight requires citizen participation" |
Website | disasteraccountability.org |
The Disaster Accountability Project (DAP) is a non-partisan watchdog organization dedicated to improving disaster management systems. DAP was founded in 2007 by Ben Smilowitz as a reaction to the responses to hurricanes Katrina and Rita. DAP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a 2008 Echoing Green fellowship organization.