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No 2-week training for FEMA reservists yet
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to implement training for its reservist workforce that doesn't occur at the time of deployment, the Government Accountability Office says. Lack of advance training has been a long-standing complaint among reservists, but "the new program is not yet fully implemented, pending funding availability," the report says. Sequestration cut the fund by approximately $1 billion.
2014 Budget Request: Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency likely will be smaller in the coming fiscal year, with the Obama administration's fiscal 2014 proposal transmitted to Congress April 10 proposing $9.59 billion in appropriations--an amount that's 12.5 percent less than current year levels when taking into account White House-projected levels of inflation.
Fugate: FEMA individual assistance unaffected by sequestration
Recovery from Hurricane Sandy damage is pivoting to permanent measures and away from emergency work such as debris cleanup and temporary repairs, said Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate before a March 13 House panel.
FEMA sequestration subtracts $1.13 billion
An Office of Management and Budget report (.pdf) on how across-the-board cuts will impact individual agencies shows that FEMA will have about 5 percent of its budget subtracted from it. In raw dollars, the greatest amount comes from disaster relief, which will lose $928 million, with state and local programs set to lose $117 million, the second greatest amount.
RIFs and furloughs possible if sequestration occurs, says Napolitano
The Coast Guard would curtail air and surface operations by nearly 25 percent and a significant portion of frontline Homeland Security Department personnel would be furloughed for up to 14 days should sequestration occur on March 1, says Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Across-the-board cuts could also potentially result in reductions in force, Napolitano said, using the government term for layoffs.
House's $50.7B Sandy relief bill mainly goes through HUD, FEMA, FTA
The House approved $50.7 billion in aid to the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Sandy on Jan. 15. Along with the $9.7 billion in aid President Obama signed into law Jan. 6, the bill, if it becomes law, will bring the total aid to precisely the $60.4 billion Obama proposed in December .
White House proposes $60.4B in Sandy repair and mitigation spending
In a letter (.pdf), Jeffrey Zients, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, says the Budget Control Act allows Congress to approve supplemental appropriations for emergencies without bumping up against the discretionary spending caps the act established.
Obama declares major disasters in New York, New Jersey
President Barack Obama has declared major disasters for New York and New Jersey as they suffer the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Under those declarations, the Federal Emergency Management Agency can fund or contribute to temporary housing, home repairs, unemployment benefits, small-business loans, grants for medical bills and other forms of assistance .
House approves $2.2B FEMA reauthorization
The bill ( H.R. 2903 ) would authorize in total for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 about $2.1 billion for salaries and expenses--including $37 million to modernize the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System--$71 million for the Urban Search and Rescue Response System, $32 million for dam safety activities and $4 million for emergency management assistance compact grants.
Continuing resolution will fund government through March 26
A continuing resolution to keep the government funded through March 26 cleared Congress with a Sept. 22 Senate vote of 62-30 to approve the measure, which already gained House approval Sept. 13 on a 329-91 vote . The continuing resolution's expected passage into law does nothing to alleviate the specter of sequestration, which will occur in January unless Congress moves to undo it.
