Newly sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin identified his first priority as getting his agency funded, which would end the weeks-old partial government shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security… Read More
Federal Emergency Management Agency
A year after the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) received a nearly $515,000 Port Security Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the port was recently… Read More
The Little Rock (Ark.) Port Authority announced February 7 that it was awarded a $570,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency to upgrade its security… Read More
There are roughly 800 miles between Pennsylvania and Alabama, but distance was no barrier to 13 people who traveled from the Pittsburgh Engineer District to the Gulf region to begin… Read More
Jim Stark Last month, Jim Stark marked his 11th anniversary at the helm of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA), the trade organization that represents stakeholders and operators… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Facing serious opposition from both sides of the aisle, President Joe Biden defended his massive $2 trillion-plus infrastructure and jobs proposal before saying he was “wide open” to… Read More
The revenues of Mississippi River towns and cities, many dependent on tourism or seasonal events, have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic and its resurgence in recent… Read More
The Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its official forecast for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through… Read More
On the last day of 2019, a special task force in Missouri released its interim report on recommendations for recovering from the floods of 2019 and strengthening the state’s levees… Read More
The Galveston Engineer District announced July 6 it had awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Oak Brook, Ill., for $69,814,060 to remove sediment and… Read More
