FEMA 14
FEMA 14 : Reorganization Plan Number 3 of 1978 created FEMA as an independent Agency within the Executive Branch, to be headed by a Director appointed by the President (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate). 49 (President's Reorganization Project, 1978, p. 1) Ten regional directors "appointed by the Director" were authorized. (President's Reorganization Project, 1978, p. 2)