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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Exercise Program (NEP) will conduct National Level Exercise 2-08 (NLE 2-08) a combined functional and full scale exercise from May 1 through May 8. NLE 2-08 will merge the objectives of U.S. Northern Command's (NORTHCOM) Ardent Sentry 2008 exercise, FEMA National Continuity Program's (NCP) Eagle Horizon 2008 exercise (formerly known as Forward Challenge), and FEMA Disaster Operation's Hurricane Preparedness Exercise (HPE).

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday released a final version of its new National Response Framework, the blueprint for coordinating responses to future emergencies large and small. The document affirms the FEMA administrator's role as the president's principal adviser on emergency management and clarifies the roles of the principal federal official, the federal coordinating officer and the state coordinating officer. An earlier version of the framework was heavily revised after the agency received thousands of comments from federal, tribal, state and local government officials, as well as the private sector.

Play games, enjoy stories, do puzzles, go through mazes, watch videos - welcome to FEMA for Kids, the Web site that is all fun and games sort of. Underneath all the fun is a lot of good information that makes kids and their families better prepared in the event of a disaster. You can even become a Disaster Action Kid and get your very own certificate to hang on the wall!

The fake October news conference held by the Federal Emergency Management Agency was not the first time a Homeland Security public affairs official has acted like a reporter by asking questions during a briefing.

The White House scolded the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday for staging a phony news conference about assistance to victims of wildfires in southern California.

Fortress North America is a term used during World War II which was devised to protect America and Canada from the Nazi blitzkrieg in case all the other nations failed to stop them. Since 9/11 it has been used to further integrate North America and secure the continent. If we are to integrate with Canada and Mexico why is it that we can no longer cross both borders without a long-range RFID enabled passport, thumb print and a cavity search?

NEW YORK (AP) Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, as a volunteer helping to shuttle supplies to police and fire workers. Some days, his only ID to get into the disaster site was a tattoo on his forearm. It might not be so easy the next time disaster strikes

Moving more than 3,000 students and teachers halfway across the county and back sounds like an exercise in confusion. But Brunswick County emergency services director Randy Thompson believes the county’s first-ever radiological emergency drill, in which students and teachers at schools within a ten-mile radius of the Progress Energy Brunswick Plant will be transported by bus to other schools in the county, is actually an important exercise in preparedness and school safety.