Director Paulison's Testimony

Purvis, MS, 12-16-05 -- Vicki Killingsworth, the incoming president of LIFE(Living Independence for Everyone), a Mississippi disability-rights group, discusses her observations with a FEMA employee. FEMA and various representatives for disabled groups were looking at trailers and mobile homes FEMA is providing as temporary shelter for Hurricane Katrina victims with special needs. Patsy Lynch/FEMAOn February 28, 2007 the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Director David Paulison testified before a joint meeting of two House Homeland Security subcommittees on the agency’s organizational reforms.

“Last fall, Congress passed the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act to authorize and encourage further reforms. DHS and FEMA took this as an opportunity to review our operations and organization. We have not done the bare minimum required by the law. Instead, we have developed a robust organizational structure that will be better equipped to serve the American people.” (Read More)

Last Modified: Monday, 19-Mar-2007 14:17:03 EDT