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Hurricane Idalia threat prompts VA to move patients, warn other vets
Officials sent information to more than 650,000 veterans ahead of the storm's possible landfall.
Behind the turnaround to get leave for hurricane-impacted feds
Some Social Security Administration employees were told to virtually report to work just hours after Hurricane Laura had passed, though the agency quickly changes course to offer them leave.
By Jessie Bur
FEMA didn’t ‘effectively’ deploy employees to disaster areas, says watchdog
The disaster response agency didn't provide accurate employee information to field offices amid the 2017 and 2018 disaster seasons, and lacked sufficient employee development programs, according to the GAO.
By Andrew Eversden
Hurricane-impacted feds to receive emergency leave flexibility
The thousands of federal employees impacted by Hurricane Dorian can now turn to their fellow feds for help with time off to recover.
By Jessie Bur
How sensors and software aided hurricane recovery
The Department of Homeland Security deployed several technology solutions to help first responders during Hurricane Dorian.
By Andrew Eversden
Hurricane Dorian showed NGA can get data out faster
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has fine tuned its disaster relief response times with Hurricane Dorian, intel officials said.
By Nathan Strout
NOAA chief thanks Alabama weather office in Dorian forecast
Acting administrator Neil Jacobs told a meteorology group Tuesday that a NOAA statement which criticized a local forecast office that contradicted Trump was meant to clarify “technical aspects” about Dorian’s potential impact.
NOAA scientist: agency likely broke science integrity rules
The agency’s top scientist called a Friday press release rebuking the Birmingham weather office for contradicting President Donald Trump “political” and the head of the National Weather Service said the Alabama office “did what any office would do to protect the public.”
Agencies reminded of emergency options as hurricane impacts US
Federal employees along the southeast coast may be offered some flexibility to avoid the danger of oncoming Hurricane Dorian while still performing their jobs or getting paid.
By Jessie Bur
FEMA has a whirlwind of IT problems
An inspector general report found that FEMA's IT deficiencies have hampered disaster response.
By Andrew Eversden
Storm-ravaged bases wait on Washington for repair money
Hundreds of millions of repair dollars are at stake for several stateside military bases.
By Joe Gould