Giuliani Calls for More Disaster Prep

Republican presidential hopeful and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani signs autographs after attending a rally in Cincinnati in this Aug. 9, 2007, file photo. Giuliani leads the field in national popularity polls, but Mitt Romney, the ex-governer of Massachusetts, has maintained an edge over him and others in some of the first states to vote. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File) (Tom Uhlman - Associated Press)

_ Giving FEMA updated technology to track relief supplies and aid.

_ Cutting off federal money for congressional pet projects, and instead mapping out long-term infrastructure needs such as bridge improvements.

Along with his plan, Giuliani also released a list of his high-profile homeland security advisers.

Some names, such as the group's leader, former FBI director Louis Freeh, and New York Rep. Peter King, have already been announced.

Advisers also include Robert Bonner, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and others connected mostly to the Department of Homeland Security and city of New York.

Also on the list is Daniel Johnson, former homeland security director for Minnesota, site of last month's interstate bridge collapse.

Democrats criticized Giuliani's advisers, saying the list includes officials on the job during the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina as well as officials faulted by the Sept. 11 commission for being ill-prepared for the terrorist attacks.

"As mayor, Rudy failed to prepare New York City for 9/11," said Karen Finney, spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee. "Now as a presidential candidate, he's proposing to create a homeland security team that includes many of the same folks who did a `heckuva job' on the Katrina response?"

In response, Giuliani spokeswoman Katie Levinson said: "More ridiculous comments from the DNC come as no surprise."

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Associated Press writer Libby Quaid in Washington contributed to this report.