The National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) is a multiagency center located at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The federal government is surging hundreds of personnel to Puerto Rico, to assist in response and recovery from the devastation of the Category Four Hurricane, Fiona.

Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) proposed a bill that would bolster federal disaster response efforts by repealing some “obsolete” requirements in the Department of Homeland Security's federal contracts

In the wake of COVID-19, the U.S. health care system was severely strained, leaving federal agencies unable to purchase and maintain essential medical supplies. The federal response to COVID-19 utilized the Cold War-era Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 to expand production of necessary medical supplies and order suppliers to prioritize government contracts.

The Biden Administration has directed federal agencies to allocate resources to strained hospitals and to improve COVID-19 prevention coupled with a surge in federal personnel.

On March 25, 2021, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued an urgent memorandum for current GS-9 to GS-15 federal employees to volunteer for 120-day details to the southern border. The number of unaccompanied children at the southern border of the United States has increased significantly since the beginning of 2021, causing the Biden administration to request additional support to care for and place the unaccompanied children.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to launch an effort to care for unaccompanied children who are entering the United States from the southern border.