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Audio: Federal officials discuss fire season
Federal officials spoke with reporters April 26 to discuss the coming wildfire season. Click on the media player in the article to listen to the press availability in its entirety.
Los Angeles County sitting on $12M of unspent grants, says DHS OIG
In an illustration of how the Federal Emergency Management Agency is able to come up with unspent money from previous years when the disaster relief fund runs low , the Homeland Security Department
FEMA emphasizes mitigation in new frameworks
Mitigation activities--risk-based decisions and actions that increase resiliency--receive special attention under a set of four draft Federal Emergency Management Agency frameworks released March 5
FEMA grant consolidation will result in better preparedness, says Fugate
A proposed consolidation of state and local Federal Emergency Management Agency grants in the coming fiscal year into a new National Preparedness Grant Program will result in better overall national
FEMA focuses on speed, not perfection in using social media
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using information gathered from social media monitoring when deciding how to respond to a disaster. While official assessments are more thorough, speed is
FEMA public assistance grants process still under review
A review of how the Federal Emergency Management Agency disburses Public Assistance grants following a presidential declaration of major disaster that could result in significant changes to
First EAS nationwide test will lack captioning, say federal officials
This Wednesday will be the first nationwide test of the new Emergency Alert System, federal officials are reminding broadcasters and the public. The EAS requires public television broadcasters, cable
Fugate: FEMA expects to recover $1B for Disaster Relief Fund in fiscal 2012
The Federal Emergency Management Agency expects to recover about $1 billion from completed disaster relief projects in fiscal 2012, Administrator Craig Fugate told a House Homeland Security
FEMA could change disaster relief fund reimbursement method, says Fugate
The Federal Emergency Management Agency could change the way it disburses construction project funds from the disaster relief fund, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate told a Oct. 13 House panel.
Irene among costliest of natural disasters
Hurricane Irene--and the flooding it caused as a tropical storm in New England--will likely be among the nation's ten most costliest catastrophes, reports the New York Times. Industry estimates of
