Two mobile vaccinations units will be operating on schedules running through the end of May. The units will be making two stops in each community, so that both doses of the vaccine can be delivered. Keep Reading
Rebuilding disaster-devasted communities costs much more than implementing stronger codes and mitigation. Keep Reading
Today, FEMA begins processing applications for funeral assistance, helping ease some of the financial stress created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
It’s a Monday morning and you’re in your office, sitting at your desk and drinking your first cup of coffee. The entire ground begins to shake beneath you. Someone shouts, “Earthquake!” Keep Reading
In this assignment, Gaynor will help public and private clients prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters by delivering practical, innovative, outcome-based solutions. Keep Reading
The modernized pricing methodology corrects the current system’s unintentional inequities in which many policyholders with lower-value homes are paying more than they should and policyholders with higher-value homes are paying less than they should. Keep Reading
Approximately 50 members of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workforce are augmenting the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) pandemic response and volunteering to assist at various community vaccination centers. Keep Reading
Deanne Criswell, commissioner of NYC Emergency Management Department, would be first woman confirmed to lead FEMA. Keep Reading
The National Board will award these funds to eligible local nonprofit and governmental organizations and state governmental facilities that have aided, or will aid, individuals and families encountered by the Department of Homeland Security at the southern U.S. border. Keep Reading
In early April, FEMA will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) to help ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the pandemic. Keep Reading
Mayorkas stressed that "the border is secure and the border is not open" while unaccompanied children are let in. Keep Reading
Long served as FEMA Administrator from June 2017-March 2019, overseeing three of the nation’s most devastating hurricanes and five of the worst wildfires ever experienced. Keep Reading
U.S. Health and Human Services is rushing to open facilities across the country to house immigrant children who are otherwise being held by the U.S. Border Patrol, which is generally supposed to detain children for no more than three days. Keep Reading
The federal government is responding to the arrival of record numbers of individuals, including unaccompanied children, at the southwest border. Keep Reading
This large backlog is a result of DHSES not adequately training grant subrecipients, FEMA changing its guidance to DHSES and subrecipients, and FEMA and DHSES not effectively using quarterly progress reports. Keep Reading
As of September 30, 2020, FEMA had not implemented 98 of the 115 recommendations OIG made, of which 74 of the 98 were issued within 6 months of this date and 8 were unresolved. Keep Reading
Specifically, FEMA did not adequately review local entities’ procurements for debris removal projects and reimbursed local entities for questionable costs. Keep Reading
In each of 2017 and 2018, Congress appropriated $41 million to FEMA for the PRPA grant. OIG conducted this audit to determine whether FEMA ensured state and local law enforcement agencies accounted for and expended PRPA grant funds. Keep Reading
Once the COVID-19 vaccines became available, Gov. Jim Justice created the JIATF by executive order in December 2020 to map out a course of action for getting shots in arms. Keep Reading
Mayorkas also emphasized the vaccine’s safety and DHS’ efforts to increase equal access to the vaccine in communities across the country. Keep Reading