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		<title><![CDATA[FEMA was warned computers were inadequate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FEMA's PBX network hacked, over 400 calls made to the Middle East]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1765]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:07:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Happy Valentine's Day: your home is toxic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:45:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Don't inhale, Part Deux]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=503]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:47:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Got a new computer desk?  Don't inhale]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=483]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:17:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New! Travel Safely in Foreign Countries (Mobile)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&apos;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&apos;ve made common-sense...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Images: It's open season for hurricanes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Images: It's open season for hurricanes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Images: It's open season for hurricanes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal telework: Blame it on FEMA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.  &ldquo;FEMA has not provided specific guidance on preparations needed to use telework during emergencies,&rdquo; said GAO Comptroller General David Walker,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 14:34:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Moving from 'need to know' to 'need to share']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:09:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FEMA wants IT system to manage disaster donations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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 ......]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:20:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chertoff's fixes for FEMA inadequate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:27:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More details on FEMA tech upgrades]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2028]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Government Computer Week has some details on Homeland Security Sec. Chertoff's pledges to beef up FEMA technology. Yesterday he said:     &ldquo;Within the immediate future, we will significantly enhance and strengthen FEMA&rsquo;s disaster registration and processing systems, its Web site and its 1-800 call-in number so that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:39:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fixing FEMA: Chertoff focuses on technology]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:22:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ExpectMore.gov: FEMA performance adequate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 09:15:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DHS failing on cybersecurity front?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=1838]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Register reports that Peter Tippett, a recent member of the President&rsquo;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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:25:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 05:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security privacy chief leaves for GE]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FEMA was warned computers were inadequate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Departed FEMA director Michael Brown was warned weeks before Katrina that the agency's computer systems were overwhelmed and underpowered to handle its mission. A report by the agency's inspector general reviewed systems performance  during the 2004 hurricane system. The IG told Brown that "FEMA&rsquo;s systems do not support effective...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:15:44 -0700</pubDate>
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