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FEMA National Level Exercises Lessons Not Realized
September 21, 2012 – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) preparation exercises. The report, entitled “FEMA's Management of Corrective Actions and Lessons Learned From National Level Exercises” (OIG-12-118) found that fewer than 40 percent of corrective actions identified from national level exercises have been completed, mostly due to program management. A National Level Exercise brings together state, local and Federal employees to train personnel to respond to pre-planned scenarios involving major disasters, such as floods, hurricanes and pandemics...
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Kathleen C. Hochul (NY-26)
Congresswoman Kathleen C. Hochul is one of our newest members of the Committee. She was elected to represent the 26th Congressional District in the May 2011 Special Election in Western New York and was appointed to the Committee shortly after... Read more >>