Proposed FEMA reform would speed up disaster funding, provide technical assistance to small towns, and protect pre-disaster ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem denied reports suggesting the deployment of resources to Texas was delayed because of ...

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 ...

Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...

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

Even though there are still dozens of people missing, and endless mounds of mangled vegetation and vehicles, it is not too ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...