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FEMA was warned computers were inadequate

FEMA was warned computers were inadequateFEMA's computersDoesn't that attitude just give you a warm and fuzzy feeling, knowing our welfare in time of disaster was in those hands?

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Federal Emergency Management Agency, computer

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

FEMA's PBX network hacked, over 400 calls made to the Middle East

Someone's been chatting a lot during the weekend, but picking up FEMA's PBX network as their main carrier might not have been the smartest thing to do. Over 400 calls, lasting from three up to ten minutes were placed through their network, a breach made possible due to an insecurely...

Tags: Network, PBX, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Telephony, VOIP, Security, Networking, Telecommunications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Happy Valentine's Day: your home is toxic

That was the ahppy message to numerous families from the feds today. Specifically it was FEMA telling displaced Katrina refugees that their government-provided travel trailers contain unsafe levels of formaldhyde. In testing by gthe federal government at least 5% of the trailers had off-gassing severe enough to cause...

Tags: Furniture, Health Care, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Formaldehyde, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-14

Don't inhale, Part Deux

Another revelation in the case of the odorless but possibly dangerous FEMA trailers. Some Katrina victims have been living in more than forty-thousand of these trailers for over a year. Now some residents are suing FEMA which has been a little slow to respond to their request for...

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-11-18

Got a new computer desk? Don't inhale

Once you and I are are dead, formaldehyde could be useful. It's an embalming fluid, after all. But right now, you are not really helped by breathing the stuff. With that in mind the geniuses at the Federal Emergency Management Agency barred its employees from entering mobile...

Tags: Science, Mobile, Furniture, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Computer, Sierra Club, Advertising & Promotion, Construction, Productivity, Government, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-11-09

New! Travel Safely in Foreign Countries (Mobile)

Don't be caught unprepared in the case of another terrorism attack.If and when there is another terrorist attack, you need to know immediately what to do, no matter where you are or what you are doing. Your chances of minimizing the danger and inconvenience are enhanced if you've made common-sense...

Tags: Mobile, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, Government

Software downloads 2006-08-05

Images: It's open season for hurricanes

The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?

Tags: NOAA, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Image galleries 2006-06-01

Images: It's open season for hurricanes

The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?

Tags: NOAA, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Image galleries 2006-06-01

Images: It's open season for hurricanes

The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?

Tags: NOAA, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Image galleries 2006-06-01

Federal telework: Blame it on FEMA

Federal agencies aren't taking advantage of telework options largely because FEMA has failed to specify telework procedures for emergencies, the Government Accountability Office said today, Federal Computer Week reports. “FEMA has not provided specific guidance on preparations needed to use telework during emergencies,” said GAO Comptroller General David Walker,...

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Accounting Office

Blog posts 2006-05-12

Moving from 'need to know' to 'need to share'

Moving from 'need to know' to 'need to share'Need to shareStevens has identifed the major problem in Homeland Defense. 9/11 happened because the FBI did not have this principle. FEMA is the whipping boy for the Katrina failure to respond, but Hoomeland Security was cobbled together, taking FEMA's...

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Steven

Discussion threads 2006-03-10

FEMA wants IT system to manage disaster donations

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently posted a notice that it is looking for IT vendors that can create a central repository for tracking information on disaster-related donations, Washington Technology reports. The obvious choice is Aidmatrix, a Dallas-based nonprofit that Hours after Hurrican Katrina struck ......

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Blog posts 2006-02-24

Chertoff's fixes for FEMA inadequate

Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff's plans for fixing FEMA, moves that include beefing up vendor databases and claims management software, are necessary but inadequate experts tell the Washington Post. Several experts and officials in touch with the Bush administration say the changes proposed Monday -- adding...

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Blog posts 2006-02-15

More details on FEMA tech upgrades

Government Computer Week has some details on Homeland Security Sec. Chertoff's pledges to beef up FEMA technology. Yesterday he said: “Within the immediate future, we will significantly enhance and strengthen FEMA’s disaster registration and processing systems, its Web site and its 1-800 call-in number so that...

Tags: FEMA&rsquo, s, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Blog posts 2006-02-14

Fixing FEMA: Chertoff focuses on technology

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff finally conceded that the agency's response to Katrina failed and many of his proposed fixes center on tech, the Times reports. Mr. Chertoff said steps were under way to improve communications within his department and with other agencies,...

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael Chertoff

Blog posts 2006-02-13

ExpectMore.gov: FEMA performance adequate

Since the President has been touting ExpectMore.gov as proof of government transparency, Cox News went to the site and looked up FEMA. Seems the government rates the scandalously inadequate agency as "adequate." But there's an explanation. The Federal Emergency...

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Blog posts 2006-02-09

DHS failing on cybersecurity front?

The Register reports that Peter Tippett, a recent member of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, said that the Dept. of Homeland Security is failing to effectively combat cyberattacks. Tippett, who is now chief technology officer with managed security firm CyberTrust, compared Homeland Security's...

Tags: Peter Tippett

Blog posts 2005-10-14

U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?

Security experts say Homeland Security's cybersecurity division ill-prepared to handle major cyberattack. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fending off charges of responding sluggishly to a disaster. Is the cybersecurity division next? ...

Tags: Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, Security, Government, Declan McCullagh

News items 2005-10-10

U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?

U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?Sounds sensible to me.Although I think that no beaucrat can stop the eventual meltdown to come. Hackers are just too resourceful!What cybersecurity means.Cybersecurity does NOT mean going after people sharing music and video files.Cybersecurity does NOT mean protecting the profits of a few companies that...

Tags: SECURITY, cybersecurity, calamity, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Discussion threads 2005-10-10

Homeland Security privacy chief leaves for GE

Homeland Security privacy chief leaves for GEIf the ACLU likes it I don't"Now is the time for Congress to give the privacy chief post more teeth, ACLU legislative counsel Tim Sparapani said, pointing to a pending measure introduced in June by Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat."The very last thing...

Tags: Now Bush, Now IT, Squawk, Federal Emergency Management Agency, G.E., privacy, homeland security, General Electric Co.

Discussion threads 2005-09-30