 This will be the last edition of FEMA Weekly for 2016. The next edition will be published on Jan. 5, 2017. Happy holidays, see you next year!
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 FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and AUCD Executive Director Andrew Imparato sign a memorandum of agreement.
FEMA and the Association of
University Centers on Disability, recently signed a memorandum of agreement
(MOA) offering a formal opportunity for information sharing and to build upon
best practices of inclusive emergency management. The
agreement will enhance community engagement between FEMA and disability
stakeholder organizations, prior to and during disaster operations, and identify
opportunities for training. As
FEMA continues to develop its capacity to comply with federal law with regard
to Americans with disabilities, the Association of University Centers on Disability is well-positioned to provide feedback to
the Agency on its public-facing programs and activities, and relay the
experiences of people and disaster survivors with disabilities accessing FEMA
programs.
 The Reservist Report is an opportunity to learn more about FEMA Reservists. FEMA Weekly welcomes your articles.
Roger Connell is a Training Manager with FEMA’s Disaster Field Operations Training Organization (DFTO) Cadre. Originally from the Jefferson City, Mo., area, Roger has been with the Agency for 10 years. Like most FEMA employees, working for FEMA is not his first career.
After serving in the military, Roger transitioned to the Missouri National Guard and worked full-time in advertising and public relations. He then served as the Floodplain Management Officer and State National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator for the state of Missouri, before eventually coming to FEMA.“ I originally worked in FEMA’s Region VII Mitigation Division for three years,” said Roger. “I transferred over to the Reservist program in 2009 and I’m very glad I did. It’s worked out so well.” Roger says working for FEMA is in his blood and each new deployment is an opportunity for a new adventure.
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 FEMA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Logistics Carla Gammon, listens as Brett Armstrong, Deputy Associate Administrator General Services Adminstration (GSA), makes a statement to the group.
FEMA
employees were recognized for their successful and innovative response efforts during
Hurricane Matthew by a large contingent of state, territorial, tribal, local
and private sector federal Logistics partners who gathered for the 2016 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #7
Logistics end-of-year partners meeting. The meeting, which was co-hosted by FEMA’s
Logistics Management Directorate and the General Services Administration (GSA),
focused on successes and lessons learned from this year’s hurricane season..
Successes
included the pre-staging of commodities by employees at distribution centers,
the unprecedented early coordination of efforts with private sector partners
for supplying of disaster response commodities and supplies, as well as the
early designation of Incident Support Bases Logistics staff across multiple
FEMA Regions.
Partners
attending this meeting included
representatives from the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOADs), the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Energy (DOE),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other partners.
FEMA
and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council 56 are
pleased to announce that we have signed a new collective bargaining agreement
(CBA). After several months of negotiations, both parties have agreed to
a CBA that strengthens our labor management partnership.
A
CBA is a negotiated contract between agency management and the union
representing bargaining unit employees. Our new agreement is effective
until December 2019 and includes a variety of topics that outline employees’ and
managements’ rights, as well as describes the bargaining unit employees who are
covered by this agreement.
This
new agreement replaces the previous CBAs, and impacts all bargaining unit
employees at Headquarters, Mount Weather, National Emergency Training Center,
Region II, Region III, Region IV, Region V, Region VII, and Region IX.
For
more information, and to review a copy of the new CBA, click here. Over the next few months, FEMA and the Union
will be offering joint training to all bargaining unit employees and
supervisors.
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contact from within the Good App, then click on the number to dial. Using
this technique gives you the entire FEMA/DHS directory at your fingertips.
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