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The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton · Friday · 6 min

FEMA staffing cuts lacked strategy, hit regional staff hardest

The Trump administration pledged to shift the Federal Emergency Management Agency away from a “bloated, DC-centric dead weight.” But FEMA’s regions, not its Washington headquarters, bore the brunt of workforce cuts that happened without any strategic planning. That’s according to the latest Government Accountability Office report on FEMA’s workforce challenges. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me for more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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The Trump administration pledged to shift the Federal Emergency Management Agency away from a “bloated, DC-centric dead weight.” But FEMA’s regions, not its Washington headquarters, bore the brunt of workforce cuts that happened without any strategic planning. That’s according to the latest Government Accountability Office report on FEMA’s workforce challenges. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me for more.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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