http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8767 FEMA goes on hiring spree - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:22:42 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8767 [...] Throughout 2006, FEMA had reported that it was just short of reaching its 95% staffing goal, but kept pushing back the goal, eventually dropping it entirely, as it failed time and again to recruit enough people. Like the rest of the Department of Homeland Security, it has been plagued with senior level vacancies as well. [...] [...] Throughout 2006, FEMA had reported that it was just short of reaching its 95% staffing goal, but kept pushing back the goal, eventually dropping it entirely, as it failed time and again to recruit enough people. Like the rest of the Department of Homeland Security, it has been plagued with senior level vacancies as well. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8766 FEMA drops staffing timeline - Homeland Stupidity Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:56:41 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8766 [...] The agency has repeatedly pushed back deadlines it set for itself to meet a 95 percent staffing level, originally setting a mid-May goal, and later pushing that back to June 1, then again to July. [...] [...] The agency has repeatedly pushed back deadlines it set for itself to meet a 95 percent staffing level, originally setting a mid-May goal, and later pushing that back to June 1, then again to July. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8765 AT&T disaster recovery awes Homeland Security - Homeland Stupidity Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:12:37 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8765 [...] And none too soon. The government is woefully unprepared and poorly coordinated for the next disaster. Invariably it will be ordinary people, and companies like AT&T and Wal-Mart, who pick up the slack. [...] [...] And none too soon. The government is woefully unprepared and poorly coordinated for the next disaster. Invariably it will be ordinary people, and companies like AT&T and Wal-Mart, who pick up the slack. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8764 Chertoff: We need to keep FEMA - Homeland Stupidity Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:20:58 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/24/fema-not-ready-for-next-hurricane/#comment-8764 [...] FEMA’s initial response to Hurricane Katrina was one snafu after another, with the agency simultaneously not helping victims and actively blocking anyone else who wanted to help, and squabbling with state and local governments over who was supposed to do what. Many of the issues of who is supposed to do what among the local, state and federal levels remain unresolved, and FEMA remains poorly prepared for the next disaster. [...] [...] FEMA’s initial response to Hurricane Katrina was one snafu after another, with the agency simultaneously not helping victims and actively blocking anyone else who wanted to help, and squabbling with state and local governments over who was supposed to do what. Many of the issues of who is supposed to do what among the local, state and federal levels remain unresolved, and FEMA remains poorly prepared for the next disaster. [...]

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