Internal emails sent to senior officials within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reveal that the agency has been preparing for workforce reductions exceeding 50 per cent, a move that would eliminate more than 11,500 jobs and fundamentally alter America's disaster response capabilities.
The leaked documents, first reported by The Washington Post and CNN, show that FEMA's chief human capital office initiated a 'Workforce Capacity Planning Exercise' on 23 December. This exercise directed leadership to identify which positions are essential and which could be phased out by the end of fiscal year 2026.
