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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The prior iteration also included critical focuses like creating a culture of preparedness and simplifying bureaucracy as important nods to basic challenges in disaster management. In its latest iteration it focuses on issues of climate change and equity among others.

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Examining the Changes at FEMA with Craig Fugate

Disaster Zone Podcast

More recently a 20-person council has been established to examine how best the federal response and recovery efforts to disasters should be accomplished. Craig Fugate the podcast guest served as President Barack Obamas FEMA Administrator from May 2009 to January 2017. This then is the topic for this podcast. Please visit our sponsors!