FEMA’s Flood Maps Are Outdated and the Program Lacks Adequate Funding

Links from the Committee on Government Reform Minority Office: “A new report from the Department of Homeland Security IG finds significant deficiencies in FEMA’s program to upgrade flood maps, including insufficient funding, poor management, and contractor failures.”

  • Released on October 18, 2005: Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General report, Challenges in FEMA’s Flood Map Modernization Program, September 2005. (61 pages PDF)
  • Fact Sheet on Underfunded Flood Maps
  • Related reference: FEMA Flood Mapping Data
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