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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Hurricane Sandy Changes Federal Policy
The Office of Personnel Management is changing how it refers to the bad weather operating status of the government. Now when federal offices are closed for weather or other emergencies, OPM says: "Federal offices are closed. Federal employees required to work should follow their agency's policies." Offices closed means non-emergency employees are not expected to show up. They'll get the day off at no charge to their leave balance. But it doesn't mean the government is closed. Emergency employees and teleworkers will still have to to work. OPM said it changed the language because of confusion during Hurricane Sandy.
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so during every other hurricane, snow event, ect there was no confusion. but now there was?
FEMA's responce to hurricane sandy has proved that FEMA should be defunded as a waste of resources.
More help has come from local people helping people than an over bloated federal government program.
Mitt was right to end FEMA, they are of little to no help in time of real need.
What did we do before FEMA? The National Guard and Army Corps of Engineers were called to fix the levies in New Orleans after Katrina.
FEMA fiddled as Rome was burning. Same scenerio after Sandy, FEMA learned absolutely nothing from hurricane Katrina.
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