Homeland Security Today

FEMA’s Regional Coordination Needs Improvement

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not properly coordinate preparedness grant management between its headquarters and dependent regions, according to a recent Government ...
Homeland Security Today

FEMA Seeks Public Feedback on NIMS Resource Management Documents

FEMA External Support Branch Director Linwood Gantt Jr., left, Robert Bondoni (APO) and Deborah Gordon (Ordering Unit) at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Irma. (K.C ...
CNN

FEMA makes late push to bolster hurricane preparedness, but effort may be too little, too late, officials say

Amid growing concerns within the Federal Emergency Management Agency that internal turmoil has left it unprepared for the fast-approaching hurricane season, the agency is taking significant steps to ...
KLTV

FEMA may move to Texas, hire Texas Department of Emergency Management Chief as new leader

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The Trump administration is considering moving FEMA headquarters to Texas and hire Nim Kidd, Chief of the Texas Department of Emergency Management, as their new leader, according ...
The New York Times

FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response

After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from ...
The New York Times

In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate

President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway. By Maxine Joselow Reporting ...