FEMA workers who sounded alarm over nation’s disaster preparedness reinstated after 8 months

Government

Employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent last August sounding alarms about the nation’s disaster preparedness have been reinstated after being put on paid administrative leave for eight months, according to two FEMA staff members. The 14 employees were among over 190 current and former FEMA employees who signed the letter but were the only active employees who included their names. The letter, known as the “Katrina Declaration,” called out