Sean Plankey, the nominee for CISA director, said he'd "allow the operators to operate" at the cyber agency, while focusing on the agency's core missions.

All that may be about to change. Federal legislation working its way through the U.S. Senate would reform FEMA rules to better allow for wildfire preparedness and recovery.

Proposed legislation to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which goes by the same acronym, the Fixing ...

Proposed FEMA reform would speed up disaster funding, provide technical assistance to small towns, and protect pre-disaster mitigation funds nationwide ...

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders have introduced legislation in the U.S. House that could provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

Senator Welch says his bill is focused on empowering local communities specifically on when aid is available, who makes ...

Current law stands in the way of reforming FEMA, but neither the Administration nor Congress has seriously pushed to reform FEMA.

Given those dynamics, having a more up-to-date legislative framework to guide how they all come together and operate in a time of regional and national need makes sense. Simply adding new language to ...

Since May 2018, FEMA has funded an additional $86.2 million in wildfire mitigation for 228 projects, providing increased protection to nearly 2,500 properties.

FEMA was ready to respond to this week's floods in Texas—but was delayed by administrative hurdles and approval processes ...