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Several employees told Business Insider that morale is low, as evidenced by some of the reactions to acting chief David ...
Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson warns FEMA personnel in first all-hands meeting, saying "I and I alone speak for ...
Congressman Jared Moskowitz, a former Florida emergency management director and executive at a disaster response company, ...
The nation's disaster relief agency — rocked by staff cuts and a push for its elimination by President Trump — is "not ready" ...
As FEMA prepares for hurricane season starting on Jun 1, the agency is ill-prepared, according to an internal document ...
The Department of Homeland Security is inserting more than a half-dozen of its officials into key front office roles at the ...
In comments that cemented the Trump administration's intent to bring about a major shift in the agency's mission, David ...
“I don’t know if that will last for hours, days or weeks, but I need to get a handle on what’s going on in the agency,” FEMA acting Administrator David Richardson said at an all-staff ...
Hurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl. With hurricane season weeks away, a new assessment raises a number of red flags about how the agency would respond to a major disaster.
Richardson warned FEMA staff not to oppose his changes. "I know all the tricks," he said. WASHINGTON − David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told staff on ...