{"id":17789,"date":"2019-09-03T18:37:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/03\/fema-has-a-whirlwind-of-it-problems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:47:24","slug":"fema-has-a-whirlwind-of-it-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2019\/09\/03\/fema-has-a-whirlwind-of-it-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA has a whirlwind of IT problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With Hurricane Dorian crawling toward the East Coast of the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is far short of federally mandated IT management practices, according to an Aug. 30 report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFEMA has not established an IT strategic plan, architecture, or governance framework to facilitate day-to-day management of its aging IT systems and equipment,\u201d the IG wrote, describing FEMA\u2019s IT investments as \u201ca critical asset\u201d of its disaster response and recovery operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe attribute these deficiencies to the FEMA Chief Information Officer\u2019s limited authority to manage IT agencywide, as well as to a decentralized resource allocation approach that hinders funding for the centralized IT environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t