How DHS Digital Service Is Revamping Grants, Immigration Systems
In addition to its work with FEMA, DHS Digital Service has also made significant improvements to USCIS, particularly on the Electronic Immigration System.
Posts Tagged: FEMA
There Are More Risks at School Than Guns
While the risk to children of gun violence has been in the news lately — the risk to children exposed to extreme natural hazards needs attention too.
FEMA CIO Shares Vision for IT Modernization
GovLoop recently sat down with FEMA Chief Information Officer Adrian Gardner to learn how his agency is prioritizing modernization projects, what FEMA is doing to eliminate passwords and more.
When People Don’t Die, Thank an Engineer
There are some additional heroes to acknowledge in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma: Engineers.
How to Turn Operational Noise into Actionable Insights
Learn how agencies, like FEMA, can take the first step toward operational intelligence and integrate data from all sources into holistic and actionable insights.
Listen, Learn, then Lead
When he first joined the Navy 23 years ago, Kevin Hannes was taught a simple motto: listen, learn, and then lead. After retiring from the Navy, Hannes still felt the call to serve the American people. He soon joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where he now serves as the Federal Coordinating Officer in Texas.Read… Read more »
How to Build a Better Agency
In the early 2000s, the manager of the Oakland Athletics began using players’ performance data to build a better baseball team. Chris Curry, Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the GAO, believes that the government should do the same. His GAO report, titled “Federal Emergency Management Agency: Additional Planning and Data Collection CouldRead… Read more »
Turning Service Into a Career
It’s National Volunteer Week and as a former AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps member, that makes it a pretty special time for me. I donated ten months of my life right after college to national service. From August 2013 to May 2014, I got to travel the country while experiencing what working for a government agencyRead… Read more »
FEMAStat: An Iterative Approach to Maturing Strategic Analytics
Last month, I sat down with Carter Hewgley, Director of Enterprise Analytics at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to discuss using big data and analytics in a number of creative and interesting ways to support real-world business goals. This conversation was a part of the ongoing IBM/Partnership for Public Service Podcast series, Conversations onRead… Read more »
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Marshaling Science in Crisis Situations
The deep knowledge of networks of science and medical researchers is invaluable when pandemics and health emergencies occur. But how do you marshal diffuse networks of expertise in a crisis? Almost 40 years ago, the Forest Service developed a command-and-control approach to battling forest fires that was successful in coordinating efforts across multiple jurisdictions andRead… Read more »