From the IAFC
FAIRFAX, Va. — After serving nearly six months as acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Chief R. David Paulison has been nominated by President George W. Bush to permanently head the agency. If confirmed by the Senate, Paulison would become undersecretary for federal emergency management at the Homeland Security Department. The new title was requested by DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff in a letter to the chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee this week, keeping Paulison as a direct report to the secretary.