ASFPM Vice Chair Sally McConkey, PE, CFM, D.WRE, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs on Flood Insurance Reauthorization and Reform.
ASFPM Testimony on NFIP Reauthorization and Reform (9/10)
All panel testimony and webcast archive of Senate Banking and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing (9/10)
GAO Report on NFIP: Continued Actions Needed to Address Financial Operational Issues (9/10)
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the nation’s dams a grade of D in its 2021 Infrastructure Report Card . Thousands of the most critical high hazard potential dams included in the more than 90,000 dams listed in the National Inventory of Dams do not meet current safety standards. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) included…
On June 23, 2011 The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs continued a hearing to discuss the National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization. The hearing is the second panel of experts to provide testimony before the Committee, following a hearing that was held on June 9th with testimony provided by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate….
At its meeting on February 3, 2010, the ASFPM Board of Directors approved establishing a new position of Associate Director, to be based in the ASFPM Executive Office in Madison, Wisconsin. This is the result of careful consideration and coordination among the Executive Office, your Officers and Board of Directors, and the Transition Team established…
A Proposed Design for Community Flood Insurance by Carolyn Kousky and Leonard Shabman from Resources for the Future Many areas in the United States are vulnerable to floods. However, the purchase of flood insurance, an important contributor to community resilience, remains low. Insurance payments, unlike federal disaster aid, can provide rapid and higher payouts to…
