How FEMA has changed in the past five years

Learn how FEMA has had to revive and redefine itself following Hurricane Katrina.

The city of New Orleans isn’t the only thing that’s had to revive itself in the five years since Hurricane Katrina.

Editor of Homeland Security Today, David Silverberg explained how the Federal Emergency Management Agency has also had to revive, and redefine, itself as a result of Katrina.

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