After the attack, the United States hastily established the Department of Homeland Security and downgraded FEMA, whose main task was civil defense. This has drawn criticism from some public administration experts that the U.S. government has focused too much on terrorism...[After Hurricane Katrina] Critics...charged that too many government officials were unfamiliar with the "National Response Plan" that was implemented in December 2004 after 9/9. 11 terrorist attack. Planning and training for major natural disasters proved insufficient after the plan was implemented. In short, an excessive focus on counterterrorism has undermined natural disaster mitigation, response, and recovery capabilities in the post-9/11 United States (par.. 7,