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30-mile debris pile becomes symbol of FEMA delays (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press Writer Michael Graczyk,
Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 1, 3:55 pm ET
Workers watch as a back hoe drop a scoop of hurricane debris, Tuesday, Nov. 25, AP – Workers watch as a back hoe drop a scoop of hurricane debris, […]
FEMA trailers toxic, tests show
Facing Relocation
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Alex Brandon / Associated Press
Jim “Hawk” Herring, with his dog Koko, lives in a FEMA trailer in the Lakeview area of New Orleans. With recent government tests confirming high levels of formaldehyde in the temporary residences, U.S. health officials are urging that hurricane victims be relocated as soon as possible.
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FEMA Director of External Affairs Exits Amidst PR Scandal; Lands at ODNI
October 27th, 2007
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NoT Regis Philbin
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Just three days after FEMA is outed for a staging a fake press conference, its Director of External Affairs John “Pat” Philbin lands an “amazing opportunity to head the communications shop at ODNI,” according to FEMA’s press secretary Aaron Walker […]
Storm readiness shortfalls kept secret
Officials say disclosure would be security risk
Saturday, October 27, 2007
By Bill Walsh
New Orleans Times-Picayune
WASHINGTON — The state of Louisiana and the Bush administration are refusing to disclose analyses that would let the public know where gaps exist in the government’s hurricane preparation and response plans, including evacuation, medical services and shelters.
Citing […]
FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA
By Al Kamen
Friday, October 26, 2007; A19
FEMA has truly learned the lessons of Katrina. Even its handling of the media has improved dramatically. For example, as the California wildfires raged Tuesday, Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the deputy administrator, had a 1 p.m. news […]
Michael Brown: ‘Life after government’
Michael Brown, then director of FEMA, with Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, an agency which Brown had earlier that year accused of an “unfocused empire-building’’ agenda.
Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images.
by Mark Silva
Michael Brown, the former federal official who bore the brunt of criticism for the government’s handling […]
27 Jul 2007 // Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released the most comprehensive matrix available to date detailing all offers of assistance from around the world in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
CREW’s matrix is based on 25,000 Department of State (DOS) documents it received as a […]
FEMA Knew Of Toxic Gas In Trailers
Hurricane Victims Reported Illnesses
By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 20, 2007; Page A01
The Federal Emergency Management Agency since early 2006 has suppressed warnings from its own field workers about health problems experienced by hurricane victims living in government-provided trailers with levels of a toxic chemical 75 times […]
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May 9, 2007
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Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War
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By SUSAN SAULNY and JIM RUTENBERG
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CHICAGO, May 8 — For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist’s threat, because of […]
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Katrina victims evacuate FEMA park
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer
Dozens of families evacuated from a FEMA trailer park that had been plagued by sewage leaks and power outages were in temporary homes Monday, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had requested work permits to dismantle the site this week.
Many of the residents were […]