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Appeal rights and deadlines, arbitration before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, and how FEMA has ruled.
Current to FEMA’s FY 2026 Procurement Under Grants Policy Guide: thresholds, methods, sole source, clauses and remedies.
What FEMA pays for: your own labor and equipment, supplies, contracts, mutual aid and donated resources.
Insurance reductions, the obtain-and-maintain requirement, and flood insurance in hazard areas.
Section 406 mitigation on damaged facilities and FEMA’s pre-approved, cost-effective measures.
How EHP review works, how to move it faster, and the laws and executive orders behind it.
Building estimates FEMA accepts, how FEMA validates them, and fixed-cost projects.
GovStar’s guides, organized by the job in front of you.
Debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B).
Restoring facilities, codes and standards, and rules by type of facility.
Who can apply, the minimum eligibility tests, and reporting damage.
Closing projects, Section 705 protections and what auditors find most often.
FEMA policies, the Stafford Act and federal grant regulations.
Proposed and enacted changes to Public Assistance and how to prepare.
OpenFEMA-powered trackers that update on their own.
GovStar’s practitioner articles and compliance briefings.
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