FEMA and immigration nominees to testify at Senate confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON — The president’s nominees to lead the nation’s disaster response and immigration enforcement agencies are headed to Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings in the Senate.

Those seriously hurt in Australian wildfires to receive up to $71,000 in assistance

SYDNEY — People severely injured in the deadly wildfires that tore across southern Australia in February will receive up to 100,000 Australian dollars ($71,000) in assistance, the government announced Wednesday.

Poll

Does a rapist marrying the rape-victim right the wrong?
Loading ... Loading ...

Latest Friend Feeds

Disaster Planning and Response

  • petrbuben Plastic Surgeons Should Be Part Of Disaster Relief Planning, Response
  • cgd02 Plastic surgeons should be part of disaster relief planning, response
  • iggymwangi Collaboration is a top priority for disaster planning & response
  • govfresh Administrator Fugate And Gen Renuart Meet To Discuss Disaster Pre-Planning, Response And Recovery: WASHINGTON, D.. http://tinyurl.com/mocpqp
  • govfresh Administrator Fugate And Gen Renuart Meet To Discuss Disaster Pre-Planning, Response And Recovery
  • simonford NAME WITHHELD asks about Web 2.0 for Disaster Planning & Response ...
  • bartcollet Planning telemedicine and disaster preparedness/response deployments to Kenya www.telehelp.org
  • briantedwards Computer Model Studies Simulated NYC Disaster
  • petrbuben Computer model studies simulated disaster
  • ddmcd Creating project directory of information about "grey literature" related to health and medical aspects of disaster planning & response.
  • cpetersc DISASTER PLANNING: Reaction and Response - TechSoup
  • vcfeeds Canadian Red Cross: New Website Launched to Help Plug Gaps in Canada's Disaster Response Capacity
  • jluvisions Videogame Technology Helps With Disaster Planning
  • kevincurry @femainfocus where can we find more information about how FEMA is using or plans to use SMS for disaster planning and response #FEMARDP
  • pfanderson @drtammy Another idea might be to make them aware of how social media is used to support disaster planning and response.
  • peterwest
    Networking to improve community resiliency in disaster planning and response http://twurl.nl/w41dvt (Int J Public Policy) + ToC
  • awhitis dPlan:�The Online Disaster-Planning Tool
Protected by Comment Guard Pro