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- Job offer yanked over fake news conference
- WASHINGTON -- The man who oversaw a fake Federal Emergency Management Agency news conference is out of a job. John P. "Pat" Philbin, FEMA's former external affairs director, was to take over public affairs for the director of National Intelligence on Monday. But after Philbin's involvement in staging...
- Research articles 2007-10-30
- Emergency management officials to meet in Oklahoma City
- More than 350 state emergency management directors, homeland security personnel and other representatives of security agencies are expected to attend the National Emergency Management Association's conference scheduled Friday-Tuesday at the Cox Business Services Convention Center in Oklahoma City. On Sunday, officials with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,...
- Research articles 2007-09-27
- Emergency management officials to meet
- More than 350 state emergency management directors, homeland security personnel and other representatives of security agencies are expected to attend the National Emergency Management Association's conference scheduled Friday-Tuesday at the Cox Business Services Convention Center in Oklahoma City. On Sunday, officials with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,...
- Research articles 2007-09-27
- Creativity in Homeland Security to Be Explored at the National Conference on the Creative Economy
- FEMA Director and Coast Guard Leader Join Accomplished List of Speakers at the October 24-25 Conference in Fairfax County, Virginia FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. -- Deidre Lee, director of management and chief acquisition officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, and Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, chief of staff...
- Research articles 2007-08-14
- Press Gaggle by Tony Snow
- WICHITA, Kan. -- Aboard Air Force One En Route Wichita, Kansas 9:14 A.M. EDT MR. SNOW: I've brought Fran Townsend and Dave Paulison, as well, to answer any questions. The President will be in Greensburg today, as you know. On board, Congressman Jerry Moran, Senator Sam Brownback,...
- Research articles 2007-05-09
- GlobalOptions Group Executive James Lee Witt to Testify at House Small Business Committee in Washington Today
- NEW YORK -- GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt, Former Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA and CEO and Chairman of GlobalOptions' James Lee Witt Associates unit, a public safety and crisis management...
- Research articles 2007-03-08
- The good news: hard work by fire service and allies pays off on Capitol Hill; The bad news: last-ditch efforts to save New York Fire Patrol fail.(FIRE POLITICS)(New York Fire Insurance Patrol)
- There's good and bad news to report on two stories we covered a few months ago. The good news is that the federal fire programs for the 2007 fiscal year emerged from the budget-making process at about the same level of spending as this year. The embattled...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Defense Logistics Agency press release : DLA-FEMA team "exercised, ready to go"
- Fort Belvoir, Va. -- Although the Defense Logistics Agency had a major positive impact in relief efforts after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the agency achieved success with minimum notice beforehand, according to director Vice Adm. Keith W. Lip-pert. The DLA director says last year's fortunate outcome has resulted...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Americans Less Safe Because of Bush Administration's Shortsightedness and Failed Leadership Says DNC (1/2)
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee today released the following, "Americans Less Safe Because of Bush Administration's Shortsightedness and Failed Leadership" (1/ 2): This morning, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director David Paulison shed light on the short-sightedness of the Bush Administration's emergency preparedness efforts and called...
- Research articles 2006-08-27
- Firehouse, Las Vegas.(Calendar)
- SEPT. 25-29, 2006 LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER LAS VEGAS, NV SAVE TIME AND MONEY! Firehouse Las Vegas combined with EMS EXPO provides all the training and exhibits you want in one convenient location...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Leaders confirmed for FEMA, Interior
- WASHINGTON -- In addition to confirming Gen. Michael Hayden as the new CIA director Friday, the Senate also confirmed R. David Paulison on Friday as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a day after he assured lawmakers that tax-return errors found during the confirmation process would be quickly remedied...
- Research articles 2006-05-27
- Local Governments Taking Charge of Disaster Restoration at New Orleans Conference
- News Advisory: -- Local governments taking charge of disaster restoration at New Orleans conference -- Mayor Nagin, DHS Undersecretary for Preparedness Foresman, and former FEMA director James Lee Witt highlight May 16-17 conference Local governments across America need to have the tools and know- how not only to be as...
- Research articles 2006-05-10
- Firehouse, Las Vegas.
- SEPT. 25-29, 2006 LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER LAS VEGAS, NV SAVE TIME AND MONEY! Firehouse Las Vegas combined with EMS EXPO provides all the training and exhibits you want in one convenient location...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Paulison nominated to head FEMA; responder experience will be tested.
- With New Orleans on a long, painful mend, the cataloging of Katrina response failures mounting (see story, p. 59), and the start of another hurricane season looming, President Bush has nominated Acting FEMA Director R. David Paulison to permanently fill the post. Paulison...
- Research articles 2006-04-18
- FEMA's New Head Says U.S. Better Prepared for 2006 Hurricanes
- ORLANDO, Florida ENS — --> With the latest predictions indicating another active hurricane season in 2006, the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA is preparing with a renewed sense of commitment, improvement and urgency, the agency's director said at a national hurricane preparedness conference this week in Orlando. The 28th...
- Research articles 2006-04-13
- Fema's future.(Briefly Noted)
- Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee are contending that no matter where FEMA ends up on an organizational chart, the emphasis should be on mission performance. Homeland security Dems said that the FEMA director must report directly to the President of the United States during...
- Research articles 2006-03-21
- Former FEMA director Michael Brown, now leveling accusations of inattention and incompetence at the White House, is earning praise from the president's harshest critics
- * Former FEMA director Michael Brown, now leveling accusations of inattention and incompetence at the White House, is earning praise from the president's harshest critics. Pretty soon they'll be saying that Brownie is doing a heck of a job.
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- Survey: Disaster experts now say Brown shouldn't be fall guy
- For months now, former FEMA director Michael Brown has been the butt of late-night TV jokes and a punching bag on Capitol Hill for his handling of the Katrina catastrophe. Redemption seems at hand. Bolstered by Wednesday's release of a videotape and transcripts of disaster sessions in the...
- Research articles 2006-03-03
- Clinton's FEMA chief is hired
- Philadelphia has hired former President Bill Clinton's Federal Emergency Management Agency director as an emergency-preparedness consultant, paying his firm $1 million to spend six months evaluating the city's procedures for coping with a disaster. At a City Council hearing yesterday, city emergency management director Michael Nucci said James Lee...
- Research articles 2006-02-23
- White House eyes smaller Katrina fixes
- The White House acknowledged yesterday that the response to Hurricane Katrina was botched because federal officials were confused, poorly prepared, and communicated badly. But instead of an overhaul of the Homeland Security bureaucracy, officials proposed 125 smaller fixes. The 11 most urgent recommendations, which the White House said were...
- Research articles 2006-02-24
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