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Recorded in 1996. James Lee Witt (born January 6, 1944) is a former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), during the tenure of U.S. President Bill Clinton and is often credited with raising the agency's level of professionalism and ability to respond to disasters.
In addition, the public safety and crisis management firm Witt Associates was hired to investigate the fair's preparedness and response to the incident. James Lee Witt, the company's CEO, was the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Clinton Administration. [5]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [ 1 ] The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a ...
"I was in Japan for the Kobe earthquake and saw the devastation," said James Lee Witt, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "The area impacted here is just as bad, if not worse."
President Bill Clinton appointed James Lee Witt as the head of FEMA in 1992. Witt substantially changed FEMA to adopt an all-hazards approach to emergency planning. Clinton elevated Witt to a cabinet-level position, giving the Director access to the President. [citation needed]
President Clinton announces the nomination of James Lee Witt for Director of the Nation's Federal Emergency. [ 27 ] February 13 – President Clinton meets with the Economic Policy Group for a discussion on the budget.
James Lee Witt; Y. Janet Yellen This page was last edited on 4 May 2020, at 21:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ...
Witt is a surname. People with this surname include: Alex Witt (born 1961), American news anchor; Alexander Witt (born 1952), Chilean-American filmmaker; Alicia Witt (born 1975), American actress; Bob Witt, vaudeville performer and the "Witt" in the group Witt and Berg; Bobby Witt Jr. (born 2000), American baseball player