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The US House committee investigating the government's actions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina issued a subpoena Wednesday commanding Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to turn over internal records on the Pentagon's efforts to stabilize...

AP is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that FEMA cannot end its hotel accommodation program for hurricane refugees until Feb. 7, one month later than the agency had planned. Lawyers for Katrina victims launched a lawsuit [JURIST...

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials in Mississippi knew that their response system had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and warned headquarters of riots, according to an eight-page document of e-mails released Monday by...

Lawyers for victims of Hurricane Katrina Monday asked for an extension of a program which houses displaced New Orleans residents in hotels at government expense, at an estimated $3 million per day, totaling $300 million since...

JURIST Guest Columnist Stephen Griffin of Tulane Law School says that barely 4 months after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans and dispersed its students and faculty, Tulane Law is re-opening its doors in January and looking forward to renewal of...

Beatrice B. McWaters et al. v. Federal Emergency Management Agency, US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, November 10, 2005 [lawsuit seeking class action status accusing FEMA of wrongfully denying plaintiffs temporary housing and seeking declaratory and injunctive...

Attorneys acting on behalf of over a dozen Hurricane Katrina disaster victims have filed a complaint seeking class action status against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other government agencies. The...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has lifted a ban on firearms in emergency housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , officials announced Monday. FEMA spokesperson Butch Kinery said the complaints from...

JURIST Guest Columnist William Banks of Syracuse University College of Law says that President Bush's proposal after Hurricane Katrina to change the federal Posse Comitatus law to allow a greater military role in the event of natural disasters may not...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Wednesday that it was reconsidering a ban on firearms for people living at emergency housing parks in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina after being pressured...