EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Division of Emergency Management
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
In re:
EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION FOR DEM NO. 13-0001
SUSPENSION OF PROCUREMENT
STATUTES, RULES AND ORDERS,
MADE NECESSARY BY TROPICAL
STORM KAREN.
EMERGENCY ORDER
I hereby find that the Division of Emergency Management’s timely performance of disaster response functions related to Tropical Storm Karen are hindered by the application of procurement procedures imposed by statute, rule, or order.
Therefore, pursuant to the authority granted by Section 4 of Executive Order No 13-282, I hereby suspend, to the extent necessary to ensure said emergency response functions, the effect of any statute, rule, or order, to the extent needed to procure all necessary supplies, commodities, services, temporary premises, and other resources, to include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any and all statutes, rules, and orders which affect budgeting, leasing, printing, purchasing, travel, the conditions of employment and the compensation of employees.
The effective dates of this Order shall correspond to the effective dates of Executive Order 13-282.
Executed this 4th day of October, 2013, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
FLORIDA DIVISION OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
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Bryan W. Koon, Director
2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Filed on this date, pursuant to § 120.52, Florida Statutes, with the designated Division Clerk, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Melinda Zody Dowling
Division Clerk
Date: _October 4, 2013_____
Original signed order on file at the above address.
