Prior to leading the federal emergency response, Fugate was the emergency director in Florida. " Congress never intended for FEMA to supplant insurance," he said. Speed and accountability ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every contract and grant over $100,000 must now cross her desk for approval, according ...

A 2023 Government Accountability Office report indicated that FEMA only had 5,000 full-time staff members, as well as a group of reservists and emergency-response workers who could be called up to ...

FEMA said it is encouraging survivors to be aware of fraud and con artists who commonly take advantage of disasters.

The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be ...

The consequences of past funding and accountability issues creating present day trust issues is exacerbated by the lack of state government transparency in just about everything the governor is ...

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has called on the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Deanne Criswell, to resign as the government body continues to face ...

The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be ...