President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.
From natural disasters to homeland security, FEMA’s development tells the story of resilience, adaptation and innovation in emergency management
Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct
FEMA is looking for property management companies with ready-for-occupancy residential or rental properties in Georgia communities affected by Hurricane Helene.
FEMA is responding to increasingly frequent climate change-fueled disasters. Hurricane season used to be the agency’s biggest concern. Now, it is activated around the clock as the US is battered by year-round disasters ranging from wildfires to spring thunderstorms producing biblical amounts of hail.
While DHS employees largely work in-person, the acting homeland security secretary called remote work rates at some components "unacceptable."
Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department that houses the agency.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking information from property management companies with ready-for- occupancy residential or rental properties in Georgia communities affected by Hurricane Helene.
Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.
President Trump can reform or rebuild FEMA into the world-class emergency management agency that it can, and must, be. On January 24, while visiting North Carolina to gain insight into the arguably not-well-managed crises in North Carolina and California,
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to overhaul FEMA's disaster response times, enforce stricter in-office policies and eliminate political bias in relief efforts during her confirmation hearing.
President Donald Trump threatened “getting rid of FEMA,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,” Trump said on Friday during a tour of a North Carolina neighborhood destroyed by Hurricane Helene.