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E-Mail The lack of accountability, poor communication and insufficient planning plaguing the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic especially in its early months have roots in how the nation responded to 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the H1N1 swine flu, a new study involving the University of Washington found. Focusing on the way government agencies assemble and allocate resources - the procurement system - researchers said the successes and shortcomings of responses to other large-scale crises show that a more centralized approach can achieve goals faster and more effectively. In the moment of disasters, we prioritize saving lives, but if we also want to achieve other goals, like equity, we need to establish processes and relationships in advance, said Ben Brunjes, an assistant professor of public policy at the UW and co-author of the study, published April 14 in the ....