Disaster in the Making: Homeland Security's Impact on FEMA
Independent Weekly (NC) |
September 22, 2004
Tags: North Carolina, George W. Bush, Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, hurricanes, earthquakes, AAN, American Federation of Government Employees, Bush's first budget director, disaster planning, federal government, flood plains, floods, Florida Panhandle, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Joe Allbaugh, Laurence Zensinger, Mitch Daniels, tornados, wildfires and other natural disasters, public policy issues
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