The AP confirms speculation that Craig Fugate, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, is the Obama Administration's nominee to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Fugate, 49, led Florida's disaster response to eight hurricanes that hit the state over two years.
Fugate told the Miami Herald that he was first contacted by staff at the Department of Homeland Security. He met Wednesday with Secretary Janet Napolitano in Washington.
Fugate faces daunting challenges as the director of FEMA, which, as Eric Holdeman of ICF International details in a recent op-ed piece in Emergency Management magazine, lost focus as its mandate expanded to be all things under all circumstances.
Fugate, 49, led Florida's disaster response to eight hurricanes that hit the state over two years.
Fugate told the Miami Herald that he was first contacted by staff at the Department of Homeland Security. He met Wednesday with Secretary Janet Napolitano in Washington.
Fugate faces daunting challenges as the director of FEMA, which, as Eric Holdeman of ICF International details in a recent op-ed piece in Emergency Management magazine, lost focus as its mandate expanded to be all things under all circumstances.
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