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"FEMA Restricts Media Communications" [1]

"The agency’s acting administrator directed employees to not engage with the media without “prior authorization.”"

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has placed new restrictions on the agency’s communications with news outlets after employees “disclosed nonpublic information,” according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News.

The Feb. 16 all-staff memo from FEMA acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton announces “a change in FEMA’s media policy that now restricts employee engagement with the media without prior authorization.”

Before engaging with media, employees will need authorization from FEMA’s associate administrator for external affairs or their designees, which include external affairs directors in each of FEMA’s 10 regions."

Thomas Frank reports for E&E News February 18, 2025. [2]

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Source: E&E News [2], 02/19/2025
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