When there is no stafford act declaration, the department or agency with primary legal authority may activate the coordinating structures appropriate to that authority.
a. true
b. false

true

Explanation:

The Stafford Act approves that different forms of assistance both financial and technical shall be given to the states or local government when there is an overwhelming emergencies in that area that goes beyond the cumulative abilities of these two governments put together in such cases.

When there is no such act, the department or agency with primary legal authority may activate the coordinating structures appropriate to that authority.

The structures must align with the concepts and principles stipulated by the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

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an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.