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- DICE DoD's Interoperability Communications Exercise: if you aren't prepared—you're rolling the dice
- Since 1988, the Defense Department's Interoperability Communications Exercise has been the only DoD exercise whose primary purpose is to certify systems for joint interoperability. This year, the Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) hosted the civil response portion of DICE at its base of operations at Fort Monroe, Va.,...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- FEMA's turned the corner
- Hurricane Katrina conjures up memories of President Bush assessing damage through the window of Air Force One. Worse was his verbal support of then-Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown: "Heck of a job, Brownie." The government's botched handling of the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast became the stuff of stand-up...
- Research articles 2008-06-28
- Homeland Security preps for presidential transition
- OAKLAND -- From a 12th-floor desk at the regional Federal Emergency Management Agency office in downtown Oakland, Nancy Ward can survey a swath of her FEMA territory where millions of people, from downtown Oakland to San Francisco and beyond, live and work atop earthquake faults. Soon, Ward's...
- Research articles 2008-04-21
- Federal agencies planning for White House handoff
- OAKLAND -- From a 12th-floor desk at the regional Federal Emergency Management Agency office in downtown Oakland, Nancy Ward can survey a swath of her FEMA territory where millions of people, from downtown Oakland to San Francisco and beyond, live and work atop earthquake faults. Soon Ward's...
- Research articles 2008-04-18
- Oakland-based FEMA official gets interm position
- OAKLAND -- From a 12th-floor desk at the regional Federal Emergency Management Agency office in downtown Oakland, Nancy Ward can survey a swath of her FEMA territory where millions of people, from downtown Oakland to San Francisco and beyond, live and work atop earthquake faults. Soon, Ward's...
- Research articles 2008-04-18
- SoCal wildfire victims still waiting for FEMA trailers
- RAMONA -- Patty Reedy is still waiting for someone at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to send her the mobile home she was promised before Christmas. In December, agency inspectors said she wouldn't get a government house to replace the one she lost during last year's wildfires...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- FEMA to move trailer families
- NEW ORLEANS AP -- After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government- issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes. FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison said the...
- Research articles 2008-02-15
- GovSec U.S. Law and Ready 2008 Announces Stellar Keynote Line-up
- America's Premier Government Security Event, April 23-24 in Washington, D.C. Will Feature World's Top Leaders on Border Security, Cyber Security, Counterterrorism and First Responders FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- GovSec, U.S. Law and Ready Conference and Exposition, which is owned and operated by 1105 Government Information Group, has announced its...
- Research articles 2008-02-12
- Supporting homeland partners
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At this writing, a tropical storm floods south Texas. A major hurricane churns west across the Caribbean with a potential landfall along the Texas coast. Wildfires in the Western United States consume nearly 75,000 acres. U.S. Navy divers assist in the recovery of victims of a bridge...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Recovering from Katrina: a work in progress—2007: Gulf Coast states have improved local emergency management, but more is needed to upgrade overall performance as the region struggles to recover from the storms of 2005
- The American Society for Public Administration's (ASPA's) Hurricane Katrina Task Force continued its multiyear study of the disaster and its management, providing its second report at the 2007 ASPA annual conference. The task force examined areas that have improved and those that still need to, as the Gulf Coast states...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- The expanded role of federal executive boards: federal executive boards now play a pivotal role in emergency planning, response, and recovery
- In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established federal executive boards FEBs by presidential directive to achieve better interagency coordination and communication among federal departments and activities outside of Washington, DC. In 1982, the Executive Office of the President transferred authority for the FEB functions to the U.S. Office of Personnel...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- 8(a) contracts awarded.(Directory)
- ALABAMA AI SIGNAL RESEARCH INC. 3411 Triana Blvd. SW Huntsville AL 35805 Army: $97,027 (NAICS: 541330) Army: $214,321 (NAICS: 541710) ADVANCED FEDERAL SERVICES CORP. 250 Sun Temple Dr. ...
- Research articles 2007-11-23
- Fire-ravaged families applying for aid
- RAMONA, Calif. -- Nichole Booth's hands were stained with ash from picking through the blackened and twisted pieces left of her life after an inferno engulfed everything she owned. She tried not to cry in front of her four children. But in the few moments she could steal...
- Research articles 2007-10-30
- Chertoff scolds FEMA for phony press conference
- WASHINGTON -- The homeland security chief on Saturday tore into his own employees for staging a phony news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "I think it was one of the dumbest and most inappropriate things I've seen since I've been in government," Michael Chertoff said....
- Research articles 2007-10-28
- US emergency agency held fake news conference on fires
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Federal Emergency Management Agency was forced to apologize Friday for holding a fake news conference on the California fires with staff members posing as reporters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, whose handling of disasters is closely watched since its sluggish response to Hurricane...
- Research articles 2007-10-26
- Catholic Charities Providing Relief and Support to Fire Victims in Southern California
- To: RELIGION EDITORSContact: Shelley Borysiewicz of Catholic Charities USA, +1-703- 236-6218, sborysiewicz@catholiccharitiesusa.org ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/--As the fires continue to rage in Southern California, local Catholic Charities in the impacted areas are working with their Catholic and disaster response partners to provide relief.In San Diego, Catholic Charities is providing...
- Research articles 2007-10-24
- Responding to national disasters and emergencies: a contract and fiscal law primer
- Future Defense Support to Civilian Authorities DSCA planning and execution must consider the nondoctrinal use of military forces, yet remain within the constraints of federal law and regulations. (1) I. Introduction Since the beginning of our Nation, the U.S. military has been called upon to respond to all...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- County ambulance contractor hired as FEMA transport agency
- El Paso County's ambulance contractor recently was hired as the exclusive transport agency for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. American Medical Response will supply ground and air ambulances, and transport disabled people to supplement federal and military responses to disasters, terrorist attacks and other public-health emergencies. ...
- Research articles 2007-09-08
- Crisis management: FEMA chief promises improved disaster response.(Homeland Security)(Federal Emergency Management Agency's R. David Paulison)
- Two years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, destroying both the Gulf Coast and the reputation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it failed to carry out its mission of coordinating disaster relief. The Department of Homeland Security agency since then has...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Preparing for hurricane season
- IT was a chilling scenario: "Hurricane Yvette," with wind gusts up to 130 mph and 9-to-12-foot wave surges, was bearing down on the nation's northeast coast. The Category-3 hurricane had New England residents and emergency responders braced for the worst. Federal and state officials scrambled to the Cranston Street...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
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