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 ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every ...

The delivery of disaster aid is on the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk List for the first time as climate-related costs soar, Federal Emergency Management Agency staffing lags, and ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and lawmakers considered less error-prone courses for the organization's future during a Senate hearing Thursday. "We want to make sure FEMA has a culture ...

A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that FEMA had a 35% gap in necessary staffing in 2022, ... and that a heavy workload was leading to burnout and retention issues. ...

by Joel Achenbach and Arelis R. Hernandez The Washington Post | September 5, 2018 at 3:56 a.m. | Updated September 5, 2018 at 3:56 a.m. WASHINGTON -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency was ...

A Federal Emergency Management Agency report praises Aurora police for its response to the mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Co. warehouse Feb. 15, but also notes communication and other issues coul… ...

The most automatic of government functions, both in practical application by elected officials and the electoral population having faith in it being implemented properly, should be a state of ...

Along with about 1,000 rank-and-file workers, FEMA is losing some of the managers most experienced in handling emergency efforts. Skip to content Skip to site index Climate ...

A federal labor union official on Monday called on Congress to help "rescue" the Federal Emergency Management Agency from sinking morale, while an agency official countered that he was not ...