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This week’s round-up: FEMA gets ICE’d, a splurging superintendent in Texas, and a chance to nominate your free speech hero
For this week’s FOIA round-up, we’re taking a look at FEMA cuts for ICE programming, a school leader’s spending habits, and Scott Pruitt’s money problems. Plus, open nominations for the FAC Free Speech and Open Government Award.
This week’s round-up: FEMA’s “floating hotel,” Michigan State University flooded with Larry Nassar requests, and a rare “reverse FOIA”
Records released this week through FOIA requests show the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid millions for a ‘half-empty floating hotel’ last hurricane season. Plus, Michigan State University struggles to keep up with records requests about Larry Nassar, Humana’s “reverse FOIA,” and an exciting job opportunity with the New York Times, all in this week’s round-up.
Read FEMA’s 2014 plan for dealing with a hurricane in Puerto Rico
The Federal Emergency Management Agency just released its plan from 2014 for how to respond to a hurricane in Puerto Rico, after having denied ProPublica’s request for the same document in October.
FEMA really does have a “Waffle House Index” for hurricanes - and they’re not too happy about it
Records originally released to Adam Schweigert reveal the intricacies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s much-rumored “Waffle House Index” - and the agency’s recent attempts to distance themselves from it.
From 1982 to 2016, FEMA paid $66 million in federal flood insurance payments to government entities
A spreadsheet released to Brian Sparks shows that since 1982, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid out a little over $66 million in federal flood insurance to government entities. That’s about a third of the cost of a single MQ-9 Reaper drone.
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Communications with Ferguson, MO Police Department (Department of Homeland Security)
Joshua Eaton sent this request to the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America
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Seattle RFP DIT-2996 FY-2008 Port Security Grant Special Terms and Conditions
Phil Mocek sent this request to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services of Seattle, WA
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TCF Regional Care Center - Emails (FEMA Region 5)
Erin Marie Miller sent this request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States of America
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