Joe Allbaugh - Federal Emergency Management Agency
Joe Allbaugh is Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. According to whitehouse.gov: Prior to his appointment, Joe Allbaugh served as Chief of Staff to then-Governor George W. Bush and was National Campaign Manager for the... [more]
Joe Allbaugh is Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. According to whitehouse.gov: Prior to his appointment, Joe Allbaugh served as Chief of Staff to then-Governor George W. Bush and was National Campaign Manager for the Bush-Cheney 2000 presidential campaign. He had previously served as Campaign Manager for President Bush's first run for Texas governor. Earlier in his career, he served as Oklahoma Deputy Secretary of Transportation, where he implemented legislative and public affairs initiatives, and the state's transportation plan. Joe holds a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from Oklahoma State University.
TV coverage of the FEMA press conferenceIf the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had used his new company's "communications management systems, the ill-fated press conference about the California wildfires would not have happened," former FEMA public affairs director John "Pat" Philbin told O'Dwyer's. After an October 2007 press conference where FEMA staffers posed as reporters, asking questions of their boss, Philbin was denied a planned promotion to the Office of the Director...
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From TV coverage of the FEMA press conferenceThe California wildfire press conference staged last month by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffers, who asked questions of their boss as though they were reporters, has claimed a second job. FEMA press secretary Aaron Walker resigned, effective in early December. It is not clear whether Walker's resignation was voluntary. Meanwhile, fall guy #1, FEMA's former director of external affairs John "Pat" Philbin, has started fighting back...
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From the Allstate wildfire VNRThe U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) fake news conference — where FEMA staffers played reporter, asking FEMA's deputy administrator softball questions — has cost one person his job. Former FEMA Director of External Affairs John Philbin was slated to start a new job under the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell. However, following the FEMA debacle, McConnell issued a statement that "Mr. Philbin is not, nor is he scheduled to be...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency asked a federal judge yesterday for immunity from lawsuits over potentially dangerous fumes in government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast ...
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According to a recent Associated Press (AP) report, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requesting immunity from lawsuits filed on behalf of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to formaldehyde fumes while living in Toxic FEMA Trailers.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency asked a federal judge Wednesday for immunity from lawsuits over potentially dangerous fumes in government-issued trailers.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency asked a federal judge Wednesday for immunity from lawsuits over potentially dangerous fumes in government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it shouldn't be swept up in lawsuits over toxic trailers.
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Two Buffalo residents were charged with defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating to Hurricane Rita.
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The Henderson County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to declare a budget emergency in order to move unspent Federal Emergency Management Agency Funds into the Precinct 1, 3 and 4 road material budgets for 2008.
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Missouri has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to buy out 150 homes damaged in early spring flooding for about $8.6 million. ...
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Bluestem Electric is one of 22 rural and six municipal electric utilities, meeting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives this week and next to try to hammer out huge differences in the ...
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After Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency bought $85 million worth of basic personal and household goods for the storm's victims.
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