The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General Richard Skinner published a white paper this week that reiterates the need to keep FEMA in DHS. IG Skinner cites three reasons for keeping FEMA in DHS. First, making serious changes to the “homeland security apparatus” could put the system in haywire—jeopardizing the ability of DHS to prevent and respond to acts of terrorism. Second, a DHS-led FEMA enjoys access to synergies and resources that it did not have when it was a stand alone agency—ensuring better and faster disaster response. And …
