Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders have introduced legislation in the U.S. House that could provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

Proposed FEMA reform would speed up disaster funding, provide technical assistance to small towns, and protect pre-disaster ...

Senator Welch says his bill is focused on empowering local communities specifically on when aid is available, who makes ...

U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster just introduced bipartisan legislation for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

FEMA's acting director, David Richardson, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday ...

Sen. Peter Welch introduced legislation Thursday to reform federal disaster management with an eye toward more local control. The Vermont Democrat expressed support for the Federal Emergency ...

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

Congressional scrutiny comes as Trump administration conducts evaluation of FEMA and works to % identify any shortcomings.

It just slows down the entire response and delays the recovery process from starting,” the previous FEMA chief said.

The Disaster Recovery Reform Act allocates 15% of disaster payouts, about 6% of FEMA’s budget, to state resilience efforts, while FEMA wastes 38% of its budget on overhead.

The draft legislation co-sponsored by Graves would eliminate or streamline some FEMA programs. For example, the agency’s programs around housing would be reoriented with new provisions on direct ...