Craig Fugate

From all appearances, it looks like the Obama administration has finally made a very good appointment to a key domestic position. Floridian Craig Fugate, “one of the nation’s most experienced hurricane hands” has been named to head up FEMA. I don’t know much about Mr. Fugate, and perhaps some of our Florida readers would like to weigh in on this appointment. But, in light of the administration’s recent history of foisting nominees on the public who have a poor record of paying their fair...Read Full Story

Barack Obama has named Craig Fugate at the new head of FEMA. FEMA has suffered from being synonymous with governmental failure in the wake of Katrina. Fugate, who has been the director of Florida's division of Emergency Management since 2001, is known for both his steady hand, and for his view that the federal government is not the be-all end-all in disaster relief.From an AP report on the nomination: Fugate has been praised for helping guide Florida through several devastating hurricanes in...Read Full Story

Tornadoes ravaged the South just two weeks ago, and now floods along the Mississippi River add to the list of natural disasters sweeping through America. It’s safe to say that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is busier than usual, with 3 in 5 states declaring a recent emergency or disaster. However, according to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, the agency and its regional partners can handle the extra load. He recently chatted with U.S. News about FEMA’s supporting role and why a...Read Full Story

FEMA Administrator Fugate to Keynote Esri Federal User Conference PR Newswire — January 10, 2011 REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — William Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will give the Keynote Address at the Esri Federal User Conference (FedUC) on January 19, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Each year, this event draws more than 2,500 leaders and geographic information system (GIS) professionals from all levels of government. FEMA first...Read Full Story

President Obama intends to nominate the head of Florida's emergency management office to lead FEMA, a post that came under national scrutiny in 2005 over what many said was the inept response to the damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina.......moreRead Full Story

His head unnaturally aching, Barney Mayerson woke to find himself in an unfamiliar bedroom in an unfamiliar conapt building. Beside him, the covers up to her bare, smooth shoulders, an unfamiliar girl slept on, breathing lightly through her mouth, her hair a tumble of cottonlike white.I'll bet I'm late for work, he said to himself, slid from the bed, and tottered to a standing position with eyes shut, keeping himself from being sick. For all he knew he was several hours' drive from his office...Read Full Story

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