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Every party got it right in resolving issue over FEMA storm shelters in Alabama
The Birmingham News | October 11, 2011
The assurance the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave that emergency storm shelters built at schools in Alabama will remain intact and on-site is a victory for common sense and a case study in how to address the unintended consequences of a regulation.
Emergency management agency is changing the rule that forced schools to buy storm shelters or tear them down
Birmingham News editorial board | The Birmingham News | October 7, 2011
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been pretty efficient of late. That's why so many people were flabbergasted by a silly rule that called on FEMA to destroy storm shelters it used tax dollars to build unless the shelters were bought from FEMA with other tax dollars.
Good news on shelters
The Gadsden Times | October 7, 2011
Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, and Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, delivered the good news this week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will not force the demolition or sale of emergency storm shelters at schools in Alabama.
House Republicans lay out cybersecurity plan
By Austin B. Smith | AirForce Times | October 6, 2011
The House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force issued recommendations Wednesday to guide cybersecurity legislation that avoids government mandates in favor of incentives to push the private sector to protect customers’ data.
The recommendations echo Republican themes of limiting the size of government and avoiding new business regulations, with a focus on offsetting costs and offering incentives for companies to protect their data.
Sanity prevails on safe rooms
Times Journal | October 5, 2011
The Federal Emergency Management Agency reversed field and is going to ease the burden facing some Alabama school systems - including DeKalb County's - on safe rooms that will be installed on tornado-ravaged campuses.
U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt and Spencer Bachus had been outspoken in their opposition to what had appeared to be the forced destruction of safe rooms at schools including Plainview.
FEMA won't tear down school storm shelters
WSFA | October 5, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-4) and Congressman Spencer Bachus (AL-6) said Wednesday they have been informed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that it will not force the demolition of emergency storm shelters at schools in Alabama.
FEMA reverses unpopular policy on school shelters
By Robin DeMonia | The Birmingham News | October 4, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama --- The Federal Emergency Management Agency is scrapping an unpopular policy that could have led some Alabama schools to tear down newly constructed storm shelters, two members of the state's congressional delegation said Tuesday.