FEMA is not shutting down but ‘rebranding’ to highlight local leaders’ roles in disaster response - In January, Trump floated the idea of minimizing FEMA if not getting rid of it as a whole – a positi ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be a Cabinet-level agency that reports directly to the president under a ...

The post FEMA’s Future: Inside Trump’s Push to Reshape Disaster Relief appeared first on Katie Couric Media. President Donald ...

Rather, FEMA's failures stem from a bloated bureaucracy and perverse incentives. Because the agency is guaranteed to pick up the check in an emergency no matter its size, states have less ...

Changes to the way FEMA doles out funding would require state and local governments to be “pretty intensive with their assessments and data gathering,” Wellenkamp concedes. Yet, more involvement by ...

President Donald Trump denied disaster assistance for Western Maryland Wednesday that Gov. Wes Moore requested following ...

While the full details of the proposed changes have not been disclosed, the overarching aim is to address perceived inefficiencies within FEMA. By re-evaluating the agency's structure and ...

In August, the commission will vote on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will re-examine alerting systems ‘from the ground ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct an informative presentation on the newly redrawn and revised ...

As deadly floods ravaged Texas, FEMA’s response was stalled by political interference, bureaucratic delays, and personal oversight from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—leading to the ...

FEMA's failures are well-documented, ... decentralized structure," writes Chris Edwards, ... Any substantive changes to the agency would have to be approved by Congress.