How FEMA Job Cuts Could Make Disasters Even More Costly

Job cuts affect how quickly infrastructure is rebuilt, how soon businesses reopen and how efficiently insurance claims move ...

FEMA planning exercise envisioned deep workforce cuts, adding to uncertainty around agency’s future

Federal Emergency Management Agency leaders were told to prepare for a possible gutting of their workforce — by as much as half — in the coming months, according to an internal email sent to top FEMA ...
South Florida Reporter

FEMA Workforce Facing Massive Cuts as DHS Emails Reveal Plan to Slash Disaster Teams

The administration remains undeterred. In statements defending the move, DHS spokespeople have emphasized that the goal is to return FEMA to its original intent: a coordinating body rather than a ...
CNN

Exclusive: ‘A more vulnerable nation’: FEMA memos lay out risks of plan to cut $1B in disaster and security grants

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding that communities and first responders nationwide use to better prepare ...