DHS: Five Favorite Photos
Periodically, we’ll be sharing favorite homeland security-related photos we’ve come across. These photos won’t necessarily be the newest or the most newsworthy, or in any kind of chronological order,...
View ArticleDisaster Politics
When the FY 2012 Homeland Security appropriations bill cleared the House of Representatives on June 2, 2011, it contained steep cuts to state and local grants, research and development programs, and...
View ArticleDisaster Politics
In her FY 2012 Homeland Security budget overview (http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/03/checkbook-homeland-security-highlights-from-the-fy-2012-budget-request), Jena Baker McNeill of the...
View ArticleFEMA Approves More Than $2.4 Million in Disaster Aid for Montana
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has so far approved more than $2.4 million in federal disaster aid for individuals in Montana counties devastated...
View ArticleNatural Disaster Photos
The spring and summer of 2011 have unfortunately given access to a multitude of natural disaster photos. The tragic events – ranging from tornadoes and flooding events to widespread wildfires from the...
View ArticleHurricane Irene: Preparation and Response
While Hurricane Irene could have been much, much worse, it cut a wide swath of damage and flooding across more than six states as well as Puerto Rico. With the experience of Hurricane Katrina in mind,...
View ArticleCraig Fugate’s Most Difficult Challenge: And It’s Not What You Think
This past October I had an opportunity to sit down with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate for a one-on-one interview reflecting on the events and lessons learned from 2011. The interview for The Year in...
View ArticleInterview With W. Craig Fugate
There are few jobs in the world that hold the responsibility for responding when everything goes wrong. Be it a hurricane targeting the mid-Atlantic; a tsunami warning for Hawaii and the U.S. West...
View ArticleFEMA Responds to Deadly Outbreak of Tornadoes
As February 2012 ended and March 2012 began, severe weather spawned a deadly tornado outbreak in communities across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. FEMA, through...
View ArticleArmy Corps of Engineers on the Frontline of Domestic Contingency Operations
For the U.S. military, “contingency operations” traditionally refer to overseas engagements by one or more uniformed services, typically involving some level of combat. A major exception to that is...
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