May 1, 2025
Reflect. Connect. Advance. Join Us in New Orleans for the 2025 ASFPM Annual Conference
By Mary Bart
This year’s theme, Extraordinary Lessons Below Sea Level: 20 Years of Innovation, is especially fitting as we return to the Big Easy two decades after Hurricane Katrina.
March 13, 2025
Congressional Hearing Highlights Need for FEMA Reform
By Mary Bart
Witnesses provided suggestions for how FEMA could be improved in what was a clear call to reform rather than eliminate the federal agency.
May 6, 2024
‘A Win for Flood Resilience’: HUD Rolls Out New Flood Standard
By Mary Bart
ASFPM Executive Director Chad Berginnis praised the new rule and said he expects that states, counties and municipalities will work to adopt stronger elevation requirements to match HUD’s new standard.
September 28, 2023
Community Disaster Resilient Zone Designations Spark Questions, Concerns
By Mary Bart
State and local data and knowledge is critical to the success of any hazard mitigation program
August 14, 2023
GAO Analysis of Risk Rating 2.0 Identifies Areas for Improvement
By Mary Bart
ASFPM is particularly pleased to see recommendation #5 for FEMA, which aligns with issues raised by our RR 2.0 workgroup
November 30, 2022
GAO: Federal Approach to Disaster Recovery Is Fragmented, Difficult to Navigate
By Mary Bart
The GAO identified 11 options that could improve the federal approach to disaster recovery, which is highly fragmented and difficult to navigate.
September 30, 2022
Senators Urge FEMA to Improve BRIC Funding Criteria, Distribution
By Mary Bart
The letter outlines concerns that the technical criteria put forth by FEMA has placed inland communities at a serious disadvantage.
August 1, 2022
ASFPM Founder Larry Larson Retires After 60 Years of Service to Floodplain Management
By Mary Bart
ASFPM staff members past and present came together to celebrate the retirement of the ASFPM founder and the man whose name has been synonymous with ASFPM since the association began in 1977.
July 26, 2022
ASFPM Creates New Award to Honor Margaret A. Davidson, Recognize Climate Resilience
By Mary Bart
When ASFPM opens the nomination process for the 2023 ASFPM Awards later this year, there will be an entirely new award named in honor of this coastal management pioneer and true visionary in the field.
July 20, 2022
New Resource on State Flood Risk Disclosure Requirements
By Mary Bart
The new guide identifies states with the strongest flood risk disclosure requirements and provides examples of disclosure forms that could be adopted by other states looking to implement or strengthen their real estate disclosure requirements.