FEMA Puts Whistleblowers Back on Leave After Reinstatements (1)

Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who raised concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, federal officials have placed those whistleblowers back on administrative leave.

The move comes hours after CNN first reported the return to work of 14 staffers who had remained on paid leave since late August. Those workers were awaiting the results of an internal investigation into their participation in an open letter that criticized President Donald Trump’s cuts to FEMA, which sits under the Department of Homeland Security.

Though FEMA had recently called the employees back to work, a DHS ...