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On spending, Congress can't agree on easy stuff
Tags: budget , Congress , shutdown , disaster aid , Senate , House , continuing resolution
Napolitano: Disaster aid fund 'running on fumes'
Tags: Janet Napolitano , budget , disaster aid , DHS , Associated Press
FEMA not abiding by IT approval guidelines
Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins said the agency has not created an IT management and oversight plan. Without a comprehensive model on IT, the agency cannot fix the way it responds to disasters.
Tags: senate homeland security and governmental affairs , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , DHS , information technology , Janet Napolitano , IT oversight , Courtney Thompson , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , senate homeland security and governmental affairs
GAO: FEMA can't measure preparedness - yet
By definition, states would be overwhelmed by a major disaster. Is FEMA ready to step in? GAO's William Jenkins says they have no idea.
Tags: Federal Drive , GAO , disaster preparedness , William Jenkins , Suzanne Kubota
Interagency team mobilizes in Japan disaster response
David Silverberg, editor of Homeland Security Today, has an update on the mission to Tokyo.
Tags: David Silverberg , Homeland Security Today , DHS , Japan , earthquake , tsunami , Energy , HHS , NRC , Dorobek Insider
Weather Service site overload prevented access
Tags: National Weather Service , Laura Furgione , Craig Fugate , Dorobek Insider , snow
FEMA sparks up a new mobile lifeline
FEMA's new mobile Web site, m.fema.gov, has launched. The mobile Web site makes it easier to access critical information regarding emergency preparedness and what to do before and after a disaster right on a smartphone, according to Director of External Affairs, Brent Colburn.
Tags: Federal Drive , smart phone , phone application , Brent Colburn
FEMA's Recovery Mentor Meeting
Tags: Recovery Mentor Meeting , Lynn Linder
Interoperability: surmounting the Tower of Babel
Expectations clash with reality on Capital Hill on the issue of emergency communications interoperability.
Tags: mngt , DHS , David Boyd , David Price , Hal Rogers , interoperability , communications , emergency management
FEMA, FCC schedule first nationwide emergency alert test
The first presidential emergency alert testing will take place to ensure notifications systems are operating to keep Americans informed during emergencies.
Tags: FCC , Emergency Alert System , technology , Courtney Thompson
