Emergency Management Performance Grants, Fiscal Year 2009 Request
Emergency Management Performance Grants, Fiscal Year 2009 Request : "The EMPG request of $200 million helps states and urban areas achieve target levels of capability to sustain and enhance the effectiveness of their emergency management programs. The EMPG Program provides critical planning and staffing assistance to sustain and enhance state and local emergency management capabilities". (FEMA, Statement of R. David Paulison, Administrator, on the Fiscal Year 2009 President's Budget Before the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives, March 11, 2008, p. 6)