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Government Responds to Hurricane Sandy — Plus the DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories

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But first: Hurricane Sandy Prep

The President has pledged to cut through bureaucracy to get aid to states and counties in need of federal assistance.

The President says, “My message to the governors, as well as to the mayors, is anything they need, we will be there,” Obama said in an appearance at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington. “And we’re going to cut through red tape. We’re not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. We want to make sure that we are anticipating and leaning forward into making sure that we’ve got the best possible response to what is going to be a big and messy system.”

Government Executive says FEMA announced that Mobile Emergency Response Support personnel were in place or on the way to Delaware, the District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania to provide secure and non-secure voice, video, and information services, along with operations and logistics support to state response operations.

For a full list of federal and state closures check out Federal News Radio’s Closure Guide. They will continue to update the site as infomration from OPM comes in.

NOAA is heading up the national storm center. They’ve got the latest information from the National Weather Service. You can also track the storm on their mobile app. You can download it here.

The USDA has also re-released their guide for food safety.

You can also follow hurricane Sandy’s movements on Twitter with #sandy.

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