An additional $4.6 billion is needed for the disaster relief fund for fiscal year 2012, according to a White House budget request released Friday. Kenneth Baer, a White House senior adviser, said
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Echoing advice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ahead of Hurricane Irene, the Federal Communications Commission advised consumers to limit phone calls during emergencies Saturday. The FCC warned consumers that more people
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Saturday it is temporarily halting payments for long-term repair and rebuilding projects in order to pay for damage caused by Hurricane Irene. FEMA said it is
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Hurricane Irene is putting the east coast on notice this weekend and putting the federal government on overdrive in its preparations. The federal government made one step in its preparations Thursday by
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Tuesday’s earthquake on the east coast revealed the problem with too many people trying to use their cell phones at the same time: some could not connect at all. The east coast
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Federal agencies failed to coordinate on unscheduled telework policies for employees and government guidance does not clearly instruct agencies on incorporating the practice, the Government Accountability Office said in a July 22
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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman Joseph Lieberman, ID-Conn., and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, sent a letter Tuesday to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying its disaster response system
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The Federal Communications Commission took the first steps in implementing the first-ever presidential alert for the national Emergency Alert System, when FCC voted last week to run a full test of the
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday announced more than $1.8 billion in fiscal year 2010 Federal Emergency Management Agency preparedness grants to help states, urban areas, tribal governments and nonprofit
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this past weekend visited Nashville, Tenn., to meet with Governor Phil Bredesen and federal, state and local officials to discuss the impact of the historic
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