<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Disaster Aid</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/government/fema?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><description>Disaster Aid</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Agencies Seem to Improve Their Emergency Planning, Report Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21655-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21655-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Federal agencies appear to be doing a better job of ensuring that their operations will continue in the face of a terrorist attack or natural disaster, but few produced documents that allowed congressional auditors to confirm the progress, according to a report scheduled for release today.]]></description><author> Stephen Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42684-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42684-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   FEMA Reportedly Overpaid Hurricane-Related Funerals <br>   FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. --   Florida officially recorded 123 fatalities from last year's hurricanes, but the federal government has paid funeral expenses for at least 315 deaths, including those of a man who shot himself and a stroke victim hospitalized more than a week before the last storm hit, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51926-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51926-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Homer Vaughan Hervey    National Security Official  <br>Homer Vaughan Hervey, 68, a former director of security for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a national security official for most of his nearly 40 years in government service, died of cancer Feb. 16 at his home in Chevy Chase.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guiding Disaster Aid in The Post-Sept. 11 Era]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28022-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28022-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Michael D. Brown is a startling sight in coat, tie and polished leather shoes. Much more familiar is Brown in muddy work boots and navy windbreaker emblazoned in gold with the letters FEMA.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FEMA to House Thousands in Fla.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15395-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15395-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to provide temporary homes for at least 10,000 families -- the equivalent of rebuilding a city the size of Fort Pierce.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17059-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17059-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   FEMA Blamed for Abuse  In Air Conditioner Fund <br> Emergency officials did not do enough to prevent waste and abuse in a program that provided free air conditioners to thousands of New Yorkers after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the government said yesterday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Probe Of Flood Insurance Requested]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43690-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43690-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maryland's U.S. senators have asked two federal agencies to look into problems with the federal flood insurance program, which has left scores of homeowners without the money they say is needed to rebuild after Hurricane Isabel.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manufactured Homes Get Boost After Disasters]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35881-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35881-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ALBANY, Ga. -- Federal contracts to build temporary housing for victims of the Florida hurricanes and other disasters have provided a boost for Georgia's slumping manufactured housing industry.]]></description><author> Elliott Minor</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55611-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55611-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Emergency management officials recommend that those wishing to assist hurricane victims give cash and resist visiting affected areas. Some charitable organizations recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking Stock of Tornado Damage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43428-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43428-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal emergency officials toured tornado-ravaged areas in Northern Virginia yesterday, the neighborhoods' first step toward obtaining federal relief funds.]]></description><author> Eric M. Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Remain Isabel's Captives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31952-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31952-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The 1940s-era house with a white front porch now has mildew dotting the cabinets, a funny smell and an empty, abandoned look to it. One small black mitten lies on the living room floor, next to old lamps and a plastic bag full of stuffed animals. Along a wall, the pencil marks where the MacKay boys recorded their heights stop at "March '03."]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helping Out]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64465-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64465-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Emergency management officials recommend that those wishing to assist hurricane victims give cash and not travel to affected areas. Some charitable organizations recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing  Problems Beset FEMA In Florida]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24758-2004Aug22.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24758-2004Aug22.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As people left homeless by Hurricane Charley began their second week living in makeshift shelters, federal officials pledged Sunday that more substantial temporary housing was on the way.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Normal' Is a Mantra and a Wish]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17028-2004Aug19.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17028-2004Aug19.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One week after Hurricane Charley brutalized 200 miles of Florida, almost everywhere someone -- emergency directors, homeless retirees, police chiefs -- is talking hopefully.]]></description><author> Manuel Roig-Franzia  and Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Gets Aid, Temporary Housing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9532-2004Aug17.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9532-2004Aug17.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush dispatched two Cabinet secretaries and more federal money to this hard-hit state on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people flooded disaster relief hotlines.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly and David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FEMA Crews Struggle to Aid Floridians]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6469-2004Aug16.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6469-2004Aug16.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency opened its doors here Monday to the victims of Hurricane Charley, as rescue workers continued to sift through the rubble and thousands of homeless scoured the region for bare necessities such as ice, gasoline, water and food.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly and David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6767-2004Aug16.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6767-2004Aug16.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em> Emergency management officials recommend that those wishing to assist hurricane victims give cash donations and resist going to affected areas. Some charitable organizations recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency:</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4040-2004Aug15.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4040-2004Aug15.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> Emergency management officials recommend that those wishing to assist hurricane victims give cash donations and resist going to affected areas. Some charitable organizations recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency:</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE WEEK THAT WAS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17100-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17100-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ News of interest to Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties that appeared in the daily Post, May 30 to June 5]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emergency Funds Spent To Replace Beach Sand]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1111-2004May29.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1111-2004May29.html?nav=rss_business/government/fema</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:05:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wealthy coastal communities received tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded disaster relief.]]></description><author> Gilbert M. Gaul</author></item></channel></rss>