Public Assistance Second Appeals Tracker, FEMA

This dataset is made up of Public Assistance Second Appeals administered by the Public Assistance Appeals, Audits, and Arbitration Branch at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The mission of the Public Assistance Appeals, Audits, and Arbitration Branch is to administer FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) appeals system in a timely, efficient, consistent, and organized manner. They accomplish this mission by:Adjudicating appeals and issuing timely final determinationsTraining and supporting FEMA personnel working on appeals throughout the agencyCommunicating agency policy and practice to FEMA regions and field staffAnalyzing trends in appeal filings and identifying issues that may require policy changes