Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe M. Allbaugh has said he will leave his job on March 1 for an unspecified private-sector position. FEMA is to become part of the new Dept. of Homeland Security on that date.
Before coming to FEMA in February 2001, Allbaugh was national manager for the Bush-Cheney campaign. From 1995 to 2000 he was chief of staff for Bush when he was governor of Texas.