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FEMA

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FEMA  (fm)
abbr.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Noun1.FEMA - an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments


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00 Hardcover HV555 Bosley provides excerpts from two US Government Accountability Office Reports on the national response to large-scale disasters by relief organizations in conjunction with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
Questions have been raised about FEMA's oversight of the program in light of the debts FEMA has incurred since the 2005 hurricanes.
FEMA last week boldly went before a federal judge asking for immunity from lawsuits by Gulf Coast hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to toxic fumes while living in government-issued trailers.
 
 
 
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