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AROUND TOWN: Hundred Club recognizes first responders (Colorado Springs Gazette)
The Hundred Club of Colorado Springs is a hidden gem. Amazingly, it has quietly done its work for 14 years, providing needed financial assistance to families of first responders in El Paso County who died in the line of duty. It also salutes outstanding performance by those in public safety.
read moreFEMA Can Be Sued For Trailers (CBS News)
A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can be taken to court for the way it handled the problem with toxic formaldehyde fumes in the trailers.
read more"Breadcrumb" System Helps First Responders (CommunicationsDirect)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers recently demonstrated a prototype approach to maintaining two-way communications with first responders as they move into and investigate building fires, and mine and tunnel collapses. These and other disasters in enclosed environments are often rife with radio dead...
read moreFEMA recovery center located in Huntsville (The Hunstville Item)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency State Disaster Recovery Center located in the Walker County Storm Shelter is still available to those who suffered damage from Hurricane Ike.
read moreHUD, FEMA announce housing assistance program (East Montgomery County Observer)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced a rental assistance program that will provide temporary rental payments and case management services to help thousands of families who were displaced by Hurricane Ike. The new program, slated to begin Nov. 1, will help these families find intermediate housing as they rebuild their ...
read moreFEMA shelter/gym will be a winner (Buffalo Reflex)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been heavily criticized in recent years, especially for its response — or lack of — to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In FEMA’s defense, that was probably the biggest natural disaster in U.S. history, and nobody responded well, including local citizens, New Orleans’ mayor, and the governor of Louisiana right up the ladder to the Bush Administration.
read moreFEMA to open recovery center in DuPage (Lombard Argus Press Spectator)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be opening a disaster recovery center to assist DuPage County residents and businesses affected by last month’s flooding.
read moreFEMA Advises Register Online First For Disaster Aid (WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago)
WHEATON, Ill. (STNG/AP) - Following President Bush’s major disaster declaration for seven Illinois counties, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it will open a Disaster Recovery Center in DuPage County to help businesses and residents.
read moreFEMA covers 90% of flood costs (Beloit Daily News)
The City of Beloit will receive an additional 7.5 percent in federal reimbursement for costs related to flood debris cleanup after approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the city's debris management plan.
read moreMore Than $8.7 Million in Missouri Summer Flood Aid Approved (Kansas City InfoZine)
More than $8.7 million in disaster aid has been approved in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans for Missouri residents and businesses suffering damage from the severe storms and flooding between June 1 and Aug. 13, state and federal officials announced.
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Our National Guard: Paying The Price In IraqPresident George Bush has just over six months left in office, but his Iraq deployment policies continue to put an incredible strain on not only our active-duty Armed Forces, but, with our military stretched so thin, the administration has continued to deploy tens of thousands of our troops from the National Guard -- at levels our country has not experienced since World War II.
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The emerging college affordability crisis threatens to derail the American Dream for millions of young people who either cannot afford to attend college or who are saddled with crippling debt that prevents them from furthering their education, starting a family or buying a home. This emerging crisis has not been a prominent part of the national debate, despite its long-term threat to the future of our country.
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America’s Long-Term Military Capability May Be Threatened by Iraq StrategyAmerica's ability to defend itself and, if necessary, fight a conventional war may be eroding because of military strategies in Iraq, according to a West Point historian who served two combat tours in Iraq. According to Lt. Colonel Gian Gentile, a West Point history professor who served in Iraq as an executive officer of a combat brigade in Tikrit and as commander of a battalion northwest of Baghdad, the over-emphasis on counterinsurgency as a "solution to every problem" is contributing to America "losing the ability to wage any other kind of war." After eight years of decline in military readiness, the United States can no longer afford to ignore the informed patriotism of Col. Gentile and others who speak out on America's national security needs in the 21st Century.