Mississippi Business Journal » Federal Emergency Management Agency http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urges plan for hurricane season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-urges-plan-for-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-urges-plan-for-hurricane-season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-urges-plan-for-hurricane-season/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:12:19 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57915 MIAMI — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to make sure Americans are prepared for the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. The season begins today and Napolitano will join Federal Emergency Management Agency head Craig Fugate, as well as Florida Gov. Rick Scott to urge those likely to be affected by [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-urges-plan-for-hurricane-season/feed/ 0 Man pleads guilty to stealing $100,000 from MDA http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:03:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=47524 NEW ORLEANS  — A Harahan, La., man has pleaded guilty to stealing government funds. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says Vernon Ponder pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon. Letten says Ponder applied to the Mississippi Development Authority and to the U.S. Small Business Association for money to repair his vacation home [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda/feed/ 0 Tornado victims often uninsured http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/26/tornado-victims-often-uninsured/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tornado-victims-often-uninsured http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/26/tornado-victims-often-uninsured/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 15:48:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=41699 The regions that most need insurance after tornadoes are often the exact places that don't have much of it.

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/26/tornado-victims-often-uninsured/feed/ 1 Construction projects still on at state’s universities http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/construction-projects-still-on-at-state%e2%80%99s-universities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=construction-projects-still-on-at-state%25e2%2580%2599s-universities http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/construction-projects-still-on-at-state%e2%80%99s-universities/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:23 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=37275 Construction projects at Mississippi’s public universities have not fallen victim to the state’s slumping tax revenues of the past few years. Major building projects and maintenance projects such as roofing repairs continue at campuses around the Magnolia State. Mississippi State University architect Tim Muzzi points out that funding sources for construction projects include state funds, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/construction-projects-still-on-at-state%e2%80%99s-universities/feed/ 1 FEMA grant repays more than $1 million to MEMA http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/10/fema-grant-repays-more-than-1-million-to-mema/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fema-grant-repays-more-than-1-million-to-mema http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/10/fema-grant-repays-more-than-1-million-to-mema/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:28:20 +0000 MBJ Newswires http://msbusiness.com/?p=11834 PEARL — A $1.55-million federal grant has been approved to reimburse the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) for emergency service costs incurred after Hurricane Katrina. The decision was announced in a joint release from Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in consultation with congressional appropriations committees, has [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/10/fema-grant-repays-more-than-1-million-to-mema/feed/ 0 Emergency Operations Center gets funding http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/10/emergency-operations-center-gets-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emergency-operations-center-gets-funding http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/10/emergency-operations-center-gets-funding/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:57:26 +0000 MBJ Newswires http://msbusiness.com/?p=11838 KILN — Plans to construct a new Emergency Operations Center to serve Hancock County can now move forward with the support of a $1.5-million federal grant, announced Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). The grant award has been given final approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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