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

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 ...

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 was ready to respond to this week's floods in Texas—but was delayed by administrative hurdles and approval processes ...

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

House Republicans and Democrats alike Wednesday offered sharp scrutiny of the federal government’s response to a recent Texas ...

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 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 ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), the lead Republican author on legislation in the upper chamber to elevate FEMA to Cabinet-level status, sees the agency as the heart of disaster management that brings ...