Sean Plankey, the nominee for CISA director, said he'd "allow the operators to operate" at the cyber agency, while focusing on the agency's core missions.

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 ...

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

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

All that may be about to change. Federal legislation working its way through the U.S. Senate would reform FEMA rules to better allow for wildfire preparedness and recovery.

FEMA is in need of serious reform. Disaster relief and response should be focused on the truly catastrophic, and DHS grants should be focused on those areas of greatest risk.

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

The same can happen for cities too. After major flooding in 2019, the small river city of Grafton, Illinois, didn’t see any money from FEMA until 2022. The legislation also seeks to eliminate FEMA’s ...

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

Given those dynamics, having a more up-to-date legislative framework to guide how they all come together and operate in a time of regional and national need makes sense. Simply adding new language to ...

Since May 2018, FEMA has funded an additional $86.2 million in wildfire mitigation for 228 projects, providing increased protection to nearly 2,500 properties.