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Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that ...
As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...
Records obtained by The New York Times show that FEMA laid off contractors the night of July 5, when flood waters were ...
The report outlined a range of issues related to FEMA’s IT practices, including problems related to personnel and physical devices needed during the 2017 hurricane recovery effort.
Noem demanding to sign off on all FEMA expenditures over $100K and staff says it’s impacting emergency response - FEMA regularly uses millions of dollars in federal funding to assist states in disaste ...
FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson has been absent during the federal response to the floods in Texas, prompting concerns about his leadership. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...
Some FEMA officials claim President Trump's cost-cutting policies are to blame for the delayed response to the disastrous ...
FEMA has been ripped for its response to Maria but the watchdog agency monitoring FEMA won't issue an initial review of its performance in Puerto Rico. Pentagon sends warplanes, aircraft carrier ...
President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In ...
FEMA leadership has insisted repeatedly that they have been fulfilling the agency’s mandate but had to take a back seat to HHS because - unlike a hurricane or tornado - the coronavirus crisis is ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in 2017 was “hindered” by the agency’s IT resources, which led to employees having to use personal ...