The future of disaster recovery

States and local government that have been impacted by a national declared disaster face many challenges, including being held accountable when delivering services to the citizens they serve. To be successful, state and local governments need to have an efficient process in place to validate project worksheets that allow for timely flow of FEMA Public Assistance to those who have been impacted.

KPMG is a leading provider of disaster recovery services.  Our vast experience provides us insight into the issues and the inefficiencies that affect our government clients and their constituents. KPMG has identified many areas where data analytics along with automation can drive improvements which will ultimately provide immense value in the validation process.

This paper details how the integration of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) can:

• Streamline the reviews of reimbursement claims
• Identify instances of fraud, waste, and abuse
• Speed up the turnaround time from disaster occurrence to close out of the disaster