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Agency public information officers can take advantage of setting estimated dates of completion to identify unwanted pages and speed up processing times.
AmeriCorps is the government's premier agency for engaging volunteers of all ages to help with the nation's pressing problems. At the end of last year, it got an energetic new CEO when the Senate confirmed Michael Smith
The federal government has world class engineering expertise in its ranks. The same is true of public health expertise. What it does not have is a standing capability to fuse those two disciplines together with behavioral science to help inform agency's response to crises, at least until now. A brand new organization called the Engineering for Public Health and Human Factors Center or EPH is now up and running within the Army Corps of Engineers.
The innovative world of Internet of Things (IoT) means industry and government can build things better, stronger faster. They can gather more information, and quickly integrate it. However, there is a price to moving that much data around at that speed. It also means keeping pace with the security concerns in a sophisticated, quickly-evolving environment.
By the end of the fiscal year, FEMA plans to put about 26 systems in the cloud as a way to improve mission and citizen services.
The nation’s national security may be taking a hit because of the length of time it takes to fill lesser-known, Senate-confirmed positions in the Defense Department, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security and other areas protecting U.S. citizens.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management released a new federal workforce plan.
The new policy is aimed at ensuring FEMA employees are properly categorized under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It's expected to take "months" for the Class Action Implementation Group to gather enough information to determine who is eligible to receive payments.
FEMA focuses on all aspects of emergency management, such as preparing for and responding to disasters and emergencies, working to mitigate the effects and recovering from the impacts.
Lytwaive Hutchinson, the chief information officer at FEMA, is moving to a new role in the private sector.
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the Navy from enforcing its COVID vaccine mandate against nearly 4,000 sailors who’d filed religious exemptions.
While the recovery from Hurricane Ida continues, Joe Valiente, Director of Emergency Management in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana said they are also focused on the future.
Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks discussed FEMA’s progress on implementing its Cultural Improvement Action Plan with the House Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery subcommittee.