Head Hunting

NY Times article on the search for a new FEMA chief.

The thing they don't mention is that the Department of Homeland Security doesn't pay PCS (permanent change of station) for ANY of their employees.

So, basically you're asking civil servants working in State Emergency Management to make an unreimbursed $10K+ move to Washington DC (where they won't be able to afford housing) to take on one of the most politically sensitive jobs (FEMA) within an agency (DHS) that strips your budget with the support of an administration (Bush) and a weak-willed congress that basically promises the world to disaster prone constituencies under the auspices of an undermanned underfunded agency.

No wonder there is a long line of interested job candidates.