Lawmaker Calls for Audit of Hurricane Maria Tarp Contract December 4, 2017 By TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. lawmaker wants the Homeland Security Department inspector general to review contracts worth $30 million awarded to a fledgling...
FEMA’s Staff `Tapped Out’ After Mounting Disasters December 1, 2017 By Daniel Flatley The recent spate of natural disasters hitting the U.S. has left staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency “tapped out”...
Big Contracts, No Storm Tarps for Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria November 30, 2017 By TAMI ABDOLLAH and MICHAEL BIESECKER After Hurricane Maria damaged tens of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico, a newly created Florida company with an unproven...
FEMA Reconsiders Ban on Disaster Aid to Church Buildings November 8, 2017 By DAVID A. LIEB When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and...
FEMA Official Says Weather-Related Disasters Cost U.S. $200M a Day November 2, 2017 By MICHAEL BIESECKER The U.S. is spending more than $200 million a day responding to recent hurricanes and wildfires, the head of the...
Engineers Call FEMA $35M Spend on Generators Redundant November 2, 2017 By Jonathan Levin and Naureen S. Malik The Federal Emergency Management Agency spent $35.1 million on renting two emergency generators to help power blacked-out San Juan, Puerto...
Trump Signs $36.5B Emergency Aid Bill for Disasters October 30, 2017 By KEN THOMAS President Donald Trump signed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure on Thursday to refill disaster accounts, provide a cash infusion...
Officials Reflect on Superstorm Sandy 5 Years Later October 27, 2017 By Denise Johnson It’s been five years since Superstorm Sandy struck the Eastern seaboard late during the 2012 hurricane season. Recently, local city...
Senate Passes $36.5B Disaster Aid Bill; President Signature Next October 26, 2017 The Senate passed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure Tuesday to refill disaster accounts, provide a much-needed cash infusion to...
Common Reasons for FEMA Denial of Funds After Disasters October 16, 2017 By RYAN J. FOLEY and DAVID A. LIEB Local governments and nonprofits trying to recover from major disasters have sometimes learned the hard way that money spent on...