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Under the Trump administration, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem instituted a policy requiring her personal sign-off for any FEMA expenditure over $100,000.
The policy requiring DHS Secretary Christy Noem's approval for FEMA expenditures over $100,000 created a bottleneck that delayed and denied disaster relief.
DHS Secretary Christy Noem appointed unqualified leaders to FEMA, bullied the workforce by calling them part of the "deep state," and caused an exodus of experienced employees.
A number of high-profile individuals charged in the January 6th Capitol attack had previously been involved with militias in the context of natural disasters.
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Cameron Hamilton, the expected nominee to lead FEMA, previously served as the agency's interim administrator and was fired after expressing he did not want to "kill the agency."
President Donald Trump has questioned the value of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Donald Trump stated he is not a "big fan of FEMA" and prefers disaster response to be handled locally by governors and neighboring states.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) experienced significant cuts last year and has recently rehired some employees to stabilize its workforce.
During the Cold War, FEMA secretly built bunkers for continuity of government, including an underground facility called Mount Weather designed to house the White House after a nuclear attack.
The Reagan administration created a secret program called Project 908, which pooled funds from FEMA, the FBI, and the National Security Council to plan for post-apocalyptic scenarios, including the declaration of martial law.
The "FEMA camps" conspiracy theory, which alleges a plot to imprison dissidents, has been promoted by figures such as Alex Jones and Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers.