Senate inquiry recommends scrapping FEMA after Katrina disaster
A US Senate panel conducting an investigation into the federal response to Hurricane Katrina has concluded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be abolished and replaced with a new federal agency ...
Courtney Murphy : "Like so much in New Orleans, both pre- and post-Katrina, the Juvenile Court system is a dichotomy, its two faces coexisting uneasily. Looking at the system as it...
Andrew Wood : "Exactly one year ago I was in the southeastern Sri Lankan village of Kirinda wrapping up a three month stint of relief work following the Asian tsunami. Now,...
Candace Stockey : "This week, I, along with our fearless leader, Elizabeth Seitz (Pitt Law 3L), and Andrew Wood (Pitt Law 1L), volunteered at New Orleans Legal Assistance (NOLAC), a non-profit...
Kevin Baum and Ricardo Alvarado : "The Pro Bono Project's (PBP) mission is to provide free quality civil legal services to the poor by engaging volunteer attorneys to provide...
Frank Swaney : "Forgotten largely by national media coverage and private donations, the Mississippi Gulf Coast represents the area hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. The Mississippi Center for Justice therefore has...
Gordon Goldsmith : "Greetings from the Bayou and the ACORN team, consisting of Hannah Burke, Gordon Goldsmith, Robert Lionel Hawkins, Marni Richman and Pete Vitelli, all 2L and 3L law students...
Federal judge asked to stop hotel evictions for Katrina victims
Lawyers representing a group of hurricane victims in New Orleans have asked a US federal judge to grant a temporary restraining order preventing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from evicting 12,000 families still left homeless from...
More than 4,500 occupants of hotel rooms provided by the government to those affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster were ordered to leave Tuesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
FBI arrests two FEMA employees in Katrina fraud investigation
The US Department of Justice Friday announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested two employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency working in New Orleans in the post-Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news...
