Hurricane Katrina

Iraqi army units are deployed during military operations of the Iraqi Army's Seventh Brigade in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. An Iraqi general said Sunday that security has been beefed up around the Ain al-Asad air base, a sprawling complex in the western Anbar desert that hosts U.S. forces, following a series of attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Pentagon says military needs to adapt to increasingly hotter world

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration takes action to make sure public research results are available to the public. And the Air Force…

Federal Newscast

Machine learning could reduce improper CARES Act payments

Artificial Intelligence

Daniel Aldrich: More focus on social capital needed as measure of disaster resilience

Federal Drive

CORRECTS CREDIT - Danny Hannon carries his dry boots in his backpack as he goes to check his home in the aftermath of Harvey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston. Harvey's floodwaters started dropping across much of the Houston area, but many thousands of homes in and around the nation's fourth-largest city were still swamped and could stay that way for days or longer. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Houston, we’ve all got a problem

Mike Causey

FEMA

DHS IG still leaning on FEMA to disallow Katrina funds

Agency Oversight

Texas National Guard/Zachary West

Military response to Hurricane Harvey could reach Katrina proportions

Defense

How FEMA learned from its mistakes

Jared Serbu: Pentagon’s disaster plan 10 years after Katrina

FEMA’s attempts to recoup improper payments set off new problems

How FEMA has changed in the past five years

Where are we now: five years after Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina: a look back

Reporter Mark Segraves shares his insights

Federal Drive

Is SBA disaster ready?

Five years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, doubts over SBA\’s efficiency, effectiveness emerge

Federal Drive

GAO: DoD could improve on ability to respond to catastrophes

Budget

A recent report from the congressional watchdog says DoD needs to improve the way it plans to help civilian authorities in the wake of domestic disasters.