Eric Kant @eTechOps

Saving lives with well implemented technology trustedops.com Joined September 2010

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

5 months ago

10 Actions Local Emergency Managers Can Take Now to Prepare for the elimination of FEMA. When the DHS Secretary says publicly “we're going to eliminate FEMA,” we should believe her. Posted last month, these recommendations. become more relevant by the day. Hoping the status…

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

6 months ago

Call for Founding Members: U.S. Local Emergency Managers Alliance. Emergency management doctrine has long recognized one fundamental truth: All Disasters Are Local. Yet local emergency managers, the frontline professionals who respond first and leave last, still lack a unified…

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

This RAND report, Streamlining Emergency Management: Issues, Impacts, and Options for Improvement, correctly identifies the challenges FEMA faces, overlapping constructs, fragmented data systems, inefficiencies in grants management, and the lack of a unified operational…

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NGA @NatlGovsAssoc

7 months ago

.@GovAndyBeshear joined @politico's 2025 Governors Summit this morning and discussed working with FEMA and encouraged thoughtful dialogue to fix some of the issues facing states and territories. politico.com/live-events/20…

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

More recently at FEMA attention has shifted to staff involved in DEI and climate-related programs. According to an internal FEMA email reported by Bloomberg News on February 19, 2025, managers were instructed to compile lists of employees with “significant involvement” in climate…

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Jay C. Ford @jaycford

7 months ago

eenews.net/articles/fema-… “Direction is to make a list of anyone who worked on or works on climate, environmental justice, equity, DEIA,”

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Bloomberg Green @climate

7 months ago

The jobs of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees tied to climate change and related hazards are next on the chopping block trib.al/vfNke6d

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

Create a Combined Grants Management System: GAO Report GAO-21-127 (2021) highlights that “FEMA’s grant management processes remain fragmented and inconsistent,” which contributes to delays in distributing recovery funds. The report emphasized that consolidating these processes…

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Hogwarts Daily @HogwartsDaily__

7 months ago

@business Amazing

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

.@DOGE_FEMA @FEMA_Cam All disasters are local. Shifting FEMA’s role is not just a theory, it’s a direction supported by GAO findings and emerging policy recommendations. Modernize Information Technology Systems: GAO Report GAO-20-480 (2020) noted that “FEMA has not fully…

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

.@FEMA_Cam @elonmusk Modernize Information Technology Systems: GAO Report GAO-20-480 (2020) noted that “FEMA has not fully implemented an enterprise-wide strategy for modernizing its IT systems,” underscoring that outdated infrastructure “impedes real-time data sharing and…

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

.@fema_Cam @elonmusk What does @fema spend on out dated incident management systems? I would like to know! Recent disasters, such as Hurricanes Helene and Milton, have exposed critical deficiencies in FEMA's emergency management systems, notably the WebEOC platform. A 2021…

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

Where is the discussion about FEMA ? #smem #vost

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Eric Kant @eTechOps

7 months ago

.@FEMA_Cam @elonmusk will you publish the one line justification, as a former local emergency manager this will be enlightening. FEMA has been ordered to deliver a plain-language review of its contracts by Tuesday (Today) evening, identifying which are “non-essential” and…