Federal Emergency Management Agency Bungling

A recent post in "All the News That's Fit to Post" highlighted the never ending shenanigans of that ominous federal organization, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). The post highlights the embarassment FEMA recently caused itself due to a conference hosted as a "a pat on the back for aiding evacuees from the recent California wildfires."

According to the blog post, FEMA "gathered a bustling bunch of enterprising “reporter” — a.k.a. FEMA staffers — conference called some presumed gullible journalists — hey, they’d be champing at a bit for a story, right? — and staged a press conference. The specifics were sketchy from the start; the fact that the callers were not actually allowed to ask any questions should have been enough to make any self-respecting reporter question the press conference’s credibility. As anyone with half a brain might have guessed, the “perfect plan” turned out to be the perfect storm for yet another embarrassing setback for the agency."

This conference symbolizes the economic malfunctions of FEMA that became all too apparent since Hurrican Katrina and makes for an interesting read.