Federal Emergency Management Agency

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  Needs and threats test GOP on small government

  By Josh Lederman  |  June 3, 2013

  One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate — that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and protect Americans — is finding fresh currency among some Republicans.

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  Budget cuts blowback

  By Alan Fram  |  February 15, 2013

  What does smaller government look like? The budget standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans means Americans may soon find out, and the picture the Obama administration sketches is downright scary.

• DOL releases grant increment for N.Y. jobs affected by Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  July 2, 2012

  The U.S. Department of Labor is releasing a $5 million National Emergency Grant increment to support temporary jobs following the continued cleanup and recovery efforts in New York because of the damage caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in 2011.

• DOL provides additional funding to Pennsylvania for recovery efforts

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  June 18, 2012

  The U.S. Department of Labor is releasing a $3,330,000 National Emergency Grant increment to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to help with the clean-up and recovery efforts after Hurricane Irene, which hit Aug. 26-30, 2011, and Tropical Storm Lee, which hit Sept. 3, 2011.

• DOL awards grant to continue job assistance in Ohio

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 23, 2012

  The U.S. Department of Labor is distributing a $7.7 million National Emergency Grant increment that is to be used to continue funding about 700 temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to assist with ongoing cleanup and recovery efforts after severe storms and floods hit southeastern Ohio between April 4 and...

• DOL provides more funds for Missouri workers

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 3, 2012

  The U.S. Department of Labor is making available a $16,532,485 National Emergency Grant supplement to fund roughly 2,200 temporary jobs to continue helping cleanup and recovery efforts from the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, which caused flooding in multiple Missouri counties between mid-April and early June 2011.

• Talking to myself - Part 1

  By Denis Storey  |  December 1, 2011

  Honestly, do we really want to create and establish a new federal bureaucracy that controls how we create, sell and distribute something like insurance?

• Congress dodges one crisis, now on to the next

  By Donna Cassata  |  September 27, 2011

  One crisis averted, on to the next. The day after Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown — again — Republicans and Democrats stared ahead Tuesday at major fights over spending that underscore a deep divide that's sure to define the fast-approaching national elections.

• DOL awards grant to Vt. following Tropical Storm Irene

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  September 19, 2011

  The U.S. Department of Labor today is awarding a $1.68 million National Emergency Grant to help Vermont’s cleanup and recovery efforts from Tropical Storm Irene.

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  Same goal, opposing plans for supercommittee

  By David Espo  |  September 13, 2011

  Digging in for a bruising struggle, Republicans on Congress' powerful deficit-fighting "supercommittee" targeted Social Security and government health care spending Tuesday while Democrats pressed for higher tax revenue as part of any deal to reduce red ink by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade.