Top FEMA Official Signals Staff Cuts, More State Involvement

March 20, 2025, 6:19 PM UTC

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is eyeing a narrower mission and possible office closures in response to President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul disaster management and shrink the overall size of the federal government.

Cameron Hamilton, FEMA’s top political official, outlined the plans Wednesday in an email obtained by Bloomberg Law, providing clear signals of the disaster response agency’s pending transformation ahead of the start of increasingly severe heat and hurricane seasons in the US.

“The plan broadly outlines an approach to reduce the agency’s staffing posture through unification ...

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