Hurricane Irma

Puerto Rico looking ‘a lot better’ following Army Corps relief efforts

Brig. Gen. Diana Holland tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hurricane relief efforts are going well in Puerto Rico.

Management

Trump asks civilian agencies for help to offset new $44 billion disaster relief package

Budget

Jonathan Aponte walks with a gas can up the road to his home in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Governor Ricardo Rossello and Resident Commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez, the island’s representative in Congress, have said they intend to seek more than a billion in federal assistance and they have praised the response to the disaster by President Donald Trump, who plans to visit Puerto Rico next week, as well as FEMA Administrator Brock Long. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

SBA ‘doing everything we can’ to help hurricane disaster victims

Management

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 picture, a New Orleans resident is rescued from the rooftop of a home by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover the streets. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Recent hurricanes have the Coast Guard rethinking social media’s role in rescue and response

Management

Mallory Barg Bulman: Evaluating all-of-government response to recent hurricanes

Federal Drive

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Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite: Army Corps of Engineers joins hurricane relief effort

Federal Drive

David Hawkings: Storm brewing over federal flood insurance

Federal Drive

Feds from all Cabinet agencies can now apply to help DHS with Harvey, Irma response

Management

An aerial view of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington

Poor conditions of Navy’s shipyards impact operations, says GAO report

Federal Newscast

Extra annual leave: Ship it south

Federal Report

In this geocolor GOES-16 satellite image taken Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, at 22:00 UTC, the eye of Hurricane Irma moves up Florida's west coast. Hurricane Irma gave Florida a coast-to-coast pummeling with winds up to 130 mph Sunday, swamping homes and boats, knocking out power to millions and toppling massive construction cranes over the Miami skyline. (NOAA via AP)

Dan Sobien: Hurricanes challenge depleted National Weather Service

Federal Drive

A military vehicle pass flood damaged belongings piled on a homeowners front lawn in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, at the Canyon Gate community in Katy, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Contractors acting as connective tissue to federal workers in wake of Irma and Harvey

Contractors are acting as the connective tissue for federal, state and local government employees as they help relief efforts.

Contracting

Bypassing the shutdown!

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says although the odds of a government shutdown this month seem to be diminishing, many federal workers are still on high…

Federal Report