ESRI wins a contract extension from FEMA for continued geospatial content management

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response FEMA’s office of response and recovery intends to award a contract extension (of four to six months) to Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) to continue hosting a Cloud-based geospatial content management system for FEMA which provides disaster-related imagery and data to the nation’s emergent…

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FEMA employee pleads guilty to embezzlement

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  federal_agencies_legislative An employee in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pleaded guilty to embezzling $143,000 from the agency between 2009 and 2011 using the agency’s Special Payroll Processing System. Sheila Ann Howard’s guilty plea was announced on Nov. 20 by U.S. attorney for the District…

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FEMA may house Sandy survivors in stackable dwelling units in New York and New Jersey

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  Stackable housingon three levels FEMA is contemplating the idea of using “stackable” modular housing to temporarily accommodate residents of New York and New Jersey who survived Hurricane Sandy, but currently have no place to live. Homepage position:  10 read more View full…

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SAIC gets FEMA preparedness prime contract

Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response McLean, VA-based Science Applications International Corporation was awarded a prime contract by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide exercise design and control support services to the FEMA National Exercise Division (NED) to enrich the National Exercise Program (NEP). The company said on Nov. 15…

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Unsung heroes at a FEMA disaster assistance center

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  Henry Clyburn,a FEMA reservist Anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper or surfed the Internet during the month of November has been exposed to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy — through the eyes of its various victims. Homepage position:  10 read…

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