Congress
GOP senators, SBA butt heads over disaster loan funding
Defense
Over 6,700 Guard troops deployed to assist with Helene response
Workforce Rights/Governance
FEMA, union agree to new policies to fix overtime discrepancies under $16.5M settlement
Agency Oversight
FEMA suffering staffing shortages as natural disasters intensify
Government Shutdown
House advances nine-week continuing resolution, but it faces uphill Senate battle
Management
Why were federal agencies, states not on same page with COVID response? Lawmakers ask FEMA
Defense
Plans, like for disaster response, are great only if you can carry them out
(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Congress
Should FEMA be included in initial pandemic, cyber incident response?
NIST
Management
NIST playbook advises local communities on disaster resilience
Agency Oversight
Top challenges for IGs with the new administration
Federal Newscast
Lawmakers push to eliminate 'mandatory' from payroll tax deferral
Technology
Disaster planning framework asks agencies to make some tough decisions
Tom Temin Commentary
In pandemic, old lessons restated
Twitter
Defense
How much has the Pentagon spent on PPE over the last few years?
Big Data
FEMA looks to build trust in data sharing after IG found it ‘overshared’ records
Workforce
Effective communication of the utmost importance during pandemic
Evan Vucci / Associated Press
Reporter's Notebook
What FEMA is to disaster response, CISA should be for cyber response
GAO
Federal Drive
GAO: Coordination, capability of disaster response groups have shortcomings
Congress
People
DHS acting inspector general resigns earlier than expected after office pulled 'feel good' reports
Federal Drive
Terry Gerton: This Public Service Recognition Week, seeking a way for 'government to move faster'
Federal Drive
Daniel Aldrich: More focus on social capital needed as measure of disaster resilience
Photo by Eric White/Federal News Radio
Federal Drive
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite: Army Corps of Engineers joins hurricane relief effort
