ASFPM Announces Leadership Transition The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) is pleased to announce the appointment of CHAD BERGINNIS to ASFPM Executive Director, effective July 1, 2012, at the start of our new fiscal year. LARRY A. LARSON, Executive Director since 1982, is transitioning his role with the Association to Director Emeritus – Senior…
This special issue of USACE’s StrongPoint provides current information, key messages, and facts and figures for answering questions and communicating with it’s many stakeholders and audiences about USACE’s flood fight efforts along the Missouri River. USACE’s StrongPoint on Missouri River Flood Fight (6/20/2011)
S. 2039, the bill allowing permanent levees to be built on deed restricted land acquired through FEMA mitigation programs in the State of North Dakota, was defeated Monday evening (July 23, 2012). While the bill itself only applied to North Dakota, it would have set a dangerous precedence for the rest of the country. On…
ARTHUR D. POSTAL “Pres. Obama Voices Support for Phasing Out NFIP Subsidies on Some Properties.” PROPERTYCASUALTY360.COM NU Online News Service, Sept. 19, 2:39 p.m. EDT “WASHINGTON—In his deficit-reduction proposal, President Obama voices support for provisions in House legislation that would eliminate subsidies, over five years, on 30 percent of properties insured by the National Flood…
Explore the people, milestones, and moments that shaped ASFPM during the past 50 years—and look ahead to the next 50 years of impact.