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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dharna Noor

Alarm over Fema aid rule requiring email address for disaster victims

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Technicians monitor Hurricane Ian inside the National Response Coordination Center at Fema headquarters in Washington in 2022. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) officials are concerned over a new agency rule requiring disaster victims to have an email address in order to apply for federal aid.

The policy change, first reported by Wired and confirmed by a Fema official to the Guardian, was “troubling to say the least”, said Jeremy Edwards, former spokesperson for Fema and the White House under Joe Biden’s presidency.

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