FEMA Review Council makes its recommendations to reform agency

The review council tasked by President Trump with looking into reforms for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved its final report Thursday, recommending sweeping changes to the agency.

The prescribed changes approved by the FEMA Review Council include reviewing agency staffing, shifting more responsibility to state, local and tribal authorities, and privatizing flood insurance.

“We need to refocus FEMA to get it back on what its mission originally was,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.

FEMA is housed under the Department of Homeland Security

The final report comes as FEMA faces funding shortages, staffing shortages and discussions over whether it should just be abolished.

A review council meeting was originally set for December to hear the proposed changes, but it was abruptly canceled. Trump extended the council’s deadline twice to get the........

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