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13 May 2009, 1:59 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Cynthia Martinez, Communications Director 512.374.2764 cmartinez@trla.org COURT: FEMA MUST ISSUE STANDARDS FOR DISASTER AID Thousands of Families May Be Eligible for Assistance MCALLEN, Texas - May 13, 2009 - A federal court has ruled that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must issue the standards and criteria used to distribute federal aid to disaster victims. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 9:00 pm
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the US Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued internal guidance on March 30 regarding potential discussions with licensees and offsite response organizations (OROs) related to the postponement and rescheduling of radiological emergency preparedness (REP) exercises due to the worsening coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. [read post]
20 May 2010, 6:20 am by Lucie
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has recently announced the launch of new website specially designed for smartphones, available at http://m.fema.gov/. [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 2:42 pm
A tragi-comic Reuters story is yet another example of the indubitable idiocy and sheer ineptitude of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. government’s main disaster-response agency. [read post]
27 Aug 2020, 9:29 am by Tom Smith
President Donald Trump is traveling to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters on Thursday to get an in-person briefing on Hurricane Laura, the White House said. [read post]
14 Dec 2006, 1:01 am
Leon [official profile] said Wednesday that systems set up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [official website] to manage housing payments for victims of Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] had created a "legal disaster" and ordered several FEMA officials to appear in court Monday to testify about the housing program. [read post]
5 Mar 2019, 5:09 pm by Anthony B. Cavender
 has experienced a large number of natural disasters requiring the immediate assistance that only the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can provide. [read post]
31 May 2006, 9:53 am
[JURIST] A federal judge has denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [official website] to continue a housing voucher program for evacuees from Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 8:48 am by Ben Rubin
On July 13, 2010, the National Wildlife Federation and Florida Wildlife Federation filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ("FEMA") failure to consult with federal wildlife agencies on the potential impacts of implementing the National Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP") in Florida… [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 10:29 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
An excerpt; okay, maybe the whole thing: WASHINGTON – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate released the below statement following the President’s signing of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013, which includes a provision to amend the Stafford Act allowing Tribes direct access to federal disaster relief. [read post]
5 Dec 2005, 10:58 pm
[JURIST] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [official website] officials in Mississippi knew that their response system had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] and warned headquarters of riots, according to an eight-page document of e-mails released Monday by the US House Government Reform Committee [official website]. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 7:44 pm by Yosi Yahoudai
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials arrived in town Tuesday and are already touring the damage left behind by the storms. [read post]
26 Mar 2013, 6:05 am by Tom Kosakowski
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is hiring Advisors for its Alternative Dispute Resolution cadre. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 10:05 pm
Press release: "The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is launching an effort to contact up to 2.2 million applicants for... [read post]
8 Feb 2006, 2:31 am
[JURIST] More than 4,500 occupants of hotel rooms provided by the government [FEMA hotel use report] to those affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster [JURIST news archive] were ordered to leave Tuesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency [official website] began to end its hotel accommodation program [press release]. [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 11:58 am by Tom Kosakowski
  The Ombuds team does a range of ADR work such as conflict coaching, group facilitation, conflict competency training, and commenting on policies and practices that are impacting a large number of FEMA employees.FEMA Ombuds focus on the Agency’s core values of Compassion, Fairness, Integrity, and Respect. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 7:37 am by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging renters and homeowners to take advantage of mobile Disaster Recovery Centers opening across the Rio Grande Valley through October. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 11:40 am by Media Law Prof
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) National Continuity Programs (NCP) today... [read post]
7 Aug 2023, 4:30 am by Tom Kosakowski
(Zoom Webinar Info, https://fema.zoomgov.com/j/1601584852;   Meeting ID: 160 158 4852; Passcode: 950452.)Related posts: FEMA’s Embedded Mediator Cadre Resembles Organizational Ombuds; FEMA Launches Ombuds Program for Disaster Reservists; New Website for FEMA ADR Cadre and Reservist Ombuds; Ombuds at Northeast Ohio Medical University Joins FEMA ADR Corps; Former University of Arizona Ombuds Lands at FEMA. [read post]