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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 ...
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.
In comments that cemented the Trump administration's intent to bring about a major shift in the agency's mission, David ...
During his first all-hands meeting with agency personnel, acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Richardson issued a striking warning: "Don't get in my way," the former ...
“Don’t get in my way,” David Richardson told the staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a 17-minute address at an all-hands meeting last week, on his first day of work.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is “not ready” for hurricane season, which starts June 1, an internal document ...
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 ...