The letter represents a rare public expression of internal dissent within the disaster response agency.
Noem’s requirement to review all contracts and grants exceeding $100,000 “reduces FEMA’s authorities and capabilities to swiftly deliver our mission,“ the letter states.
They also sought protection for employees from politically motivated dismissals to prevent “not only another national catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina, but the effective dissolution of FEMA itself.”
He attributed current challenges to bureaucratic inefficiencies that the Trump administration “has made accountability and reform a priority.”
Approximately 2,000 FEMA employees, representing one third of its workforce, have departed this year through various means including firings and early retirements.
This protest letter emerged just before the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which caused catastrophic flooding and claimed more than 1,800 lives in 2005.
The letter warns that current policies are reversing post-Katrina reforms by reducing funding and hampering rapid response capabilities through stringent oversight.
Acting administrator David Richardson, a former Marine and DHS official, previously demonstrated limited awareness of hurricane season timing.
His June admission of not knowing the hurricane season runs from June through November left many staff members baffled. – Reuters
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