Front Matter -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Community Emergency Management and Available Federal Assistance -- 3 Federal Efforts to Increase State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism -- 4 Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contracts -- 5 Measurement and Data Collection in Evaluation -- 6 Preparedness Indicators -- 7 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Management -- 8 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Success -- 9 Closing Remarks -- References -- A Committee and Staff Biographies -- B Selected Information About Federal Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Consequence Management Response Teams (Appendix II, General Accounting Office Report GAO-01-14) -- C Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Cities -- D 2000 MMRS Contract Deliverable Evaluation Instrument -- E Preparedness Indicators for Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contract Deliverables -- F Scenarios and Discussion Materials for Use on Site Visits.