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- Bush surveys storm-hit Louisiana as evacuees trickle home
- NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana AFP — President George W. Bush toured storm-scarred Louisiana Wednesday to survey damage from Hurricane Gustav, as hundreds of thousands who fled the storm began coming home. The US leader, whose response to devastating Katrina in 2005 drew harsh criticism, came to the southeastern state a...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Title 10 domestic humanitarian assistance: New Orleans
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On Thursday, 1 September 2005, the 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, was alerted to deploy to New Orleans to assist in humanitarian relief operations following Hurricane Katrina. Coming out of a year-long deployment in Iraq, the Black Jack Brigade had lost a significant percentage of its officers...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- FEMA trailers to help Ute Tribe
- ROOSEVELT -- The Ute Indian Tribe will soon move more than a dozen Federal Emergency Management Administration trailers from Texas and Arkansas to the Fort Duchesne area to help ease the housing crunch on the Uintah-Ouray Reservation. Tribal Business Committee Chairman Curtis Cesspooch said the tribe initially requested...
- Research articles 2008-03-02
- COUNTY'S WEATHER DIFFICULT TO GAUGE
- If snow falls in Black Forest but not at the Colorado Springs Airport, did it really snow in El Paso County? Until recently, it didn't. At least not in the eyes of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. For El Paso County officials, the last...
- Research articles 2007-12-27
- The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know.(bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
- The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know. By Dianna Booher. McGraw-Hill, 214 pages. Communications training consultant and author Dianna Booher builds this book around a central concept: information is not communication. Effective communication, she writes, is honest, clear, consistent...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Remarks in Escondido, California
- October 25, 2007 Governor, thank you very much. First thing I want to let the people know out here in southern California is that many across our Nation have been moved by the plight of the citizens who have lost their homes, lost their possessions, and particularly those who...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Commentary: Find another favorite when questions go unanswered
- Last Saturday, we charted the course of our state by choosing a new crop of leaders, including the chief CEO. Some races were won outright; others will require a runoff to be determined. But before we look ahead to our future and the Nov. 17 Election Day, let's...
- Research articles 2007-10-22
- Commentary: Jindal still owes voters full accounting of agenda
- On Saturday, we charted the course of our state by choosing a new crop of leaders, including the chief CEO. But before we look ahead to our future and the Nov. 17 election day, let's review some political highs and lows of the campaign just concluded. ...
- Research articles 2007-10-21
- Commentary: Washington asked for full Road Home funding
- As of mid-October, The Road Home program has provided critical funding to more than 60,000 homeowners across Louisiana's hurricane- hit parishes. With grants averaging $70,359, that's more than 60,000 families who can now return home to a life of stability and productivity, contributing to the resurgence of...
- Research articles 2007-10-15
- Commentary: Unimaginative campaigns fail to ignite voters' passions
- While wondering if our gubernatorial race will ever heat up and why the City Council at-large race has been so low key, it hit me: We're bored by campaigns centered around personality attacks. Post- Katrina, such campaigns are not gaining any traction. Voters want a proven track record...
- Research articles 2007-10-08
- Fire chief quarrel simmers
- By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL New developments emerged Tuesday in the continuing rift between the local firefighters union and Topeka Fire Chief Howard Giles. City manager Norton Bonaparte told city council members at their evening meeting that he had met separately with Giles and...
- Research articles 2007-09-26
- Fire chief quarrel simmers
- By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL New developments emerged Tuesday in the continuing rift between the local firefighters union and Topeka Fire Chief Howard Giles. City manager Norton Bonaparte told city council members at their evening meeting that he had met separately with Giles and...
- Research articles 2007-09-26
- Tilting at windmills
- How to clear your inbox The Small Business Administration canceled 8,000 loans to hurricane victims without notice to the borrowers. When the borrowers sought an explanation, they were told, according to Ron Nixon of the New York Times, "that they had voluntarily given up their loans," which was not...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- CREW Releases 'The Best Laid Plans: The Story of How the Government Ignored Its Own Gulf Coast Hurricane Plans'
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Naomi Seligman Steiner of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, +1-202-408-5565 WASHINGTON, June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW released a new report, The Best Laid Plans: The Story of How the Government Ignored Its Own Gulf Coast Hurricane...
- Research articles 2007-06-27
- 3 finalists named to get FEMA grants
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has named three Utah finalists to receive grants as part of a national competition that will dole out nearly $89 million to projects across the nation to prepare for disasters. If chosen, the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District Headquarters Complex will receive $2...
- Research articles 2007-05-09
- Mayor Pat is back
- Three years ago, Florida was hit by a string of hurricanes. FEMA asked former Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens to spring into action again as its ambassador for spreading hope to the victims.But two of the hurricanes also damaged the retirement development where she lived with her husband, Bobby. Among...
- Research articles 2007-04-19
- Gulf Coast hurricane housing bill clears House committee
- A measure intended to provide comprehensive housing relief for Gulf Coast communities affected by the 2005 hurricanes overwhelmingly cleared the House Financial Services Committee in March. Passage of the bill--the Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007 (H.R. 1227)--out of the committee by a bipartisan vote of 50...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Evacuee camp kids worry schools chief
- BATON ROUGE -- The leader of Louisiana's largest school system says she believes that up to 200 children in the state's biggest hurricane evacuee camp are not registered in local schools. And she says the U.S. government -- citing privacy laws -- is doing little to help officials identify the...
- Research articles 2007-02-06
- DHS shares aspects of FEMA plan with House, Senate.(Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency )(Brief article)
- Last week, Department of Homeland Security DHS officials briefed House and Senate leaders on elements of its plan to implement Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA overhaul legislation adopted by Congress last year. The FY 07 DHS funding bill, PL 109-295, was intended to give...
- Research articles 2007-01-29
- Itasca now reaching for new heights.(News)
- Byline: Kat Zeman Daily Herald Staff Writer Some call it progress. Others merely consider it change. But no matter what you call it, Itasca's downtown will soon undergo some level of transformation. Recent modifications to local zoning laws now allow...
- Research articles 2007-01-22
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