FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders, ahead of hurricane season
- FEMA faces significant staff departures just weeks before hurricane season begins.
- Voluntary buyouts and early retirement offers initiated this large workforce reduction.
- Many experienced leaders managing critical disaster response operations are exiting the agency.
- Roughly 1,000 workers accepted offers, totaling about 20% of permanent full-time staff.
- This personnel loss creates a significant brain drain impeding response capabilities.
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FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders, ahead of hurricane season
The agency tasked with delivering billions of dollars in assistance to communities devasted by natural disasters is about to lose a huge portion of its workforce, including some of its most experienced and knowledgeable leaders who manage disaster response.
FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders
The agency tasked with delivering billions of dollars in assistance to communities devastated by natural disasters is about to lose a huge portion of its workforce, including some of its most experienced and knowledgeable leaders who manage disaster response.
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