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Trump administration makes major changes to a report it commissioned on FEMA reforms, AP sources say
A draft report on reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been significantly reduced in size, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Acting FEMA chief David Richardson steps down as Trump admin continues reshaping agency operations
FEMA acting administrator David Richardson is stepping down after leading the agency through major hurricane season and comprehensive reforms. Karen Evans takes over Dec. 1.
David Richardson, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, resigned earlier today after just six months at the helm of the nation’s disaster-response agency, departing amid internal frustration, public criticism and a growing sense that FEMA itself is facing an existential crossroads.
The review council that President Donald Trump tasked with overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency was supposed to release its recommendations before Monday but missed the deadline.
A panel appointed by President Donald Trump to review whether to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has instead concluded in a report that the agency should be more powerful and autonomous. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, however, wants to take FEMA in a different direction.
According to Politico, federal officials could relocate the agency here and tap Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd to lead it.