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Coast Guard Headquarters is requesting urgent technical
support for hurricane relief efforts.
NOTICE:
Update 15 September 2005:
FEMA has advised that it now has enough applicants to draw from to
fill their IT Technical support needs. Therefore the
application process has been suspended. You will be contacted
directly by FEMA if you are selected.
Thank you for your overwhelming support and response to the
hurricane recovery efforts.
Update 10 September 2005:
HQ
has been advised that members selected for IT technical support will be
paid an hourly rate of $23.41 and an overtime rate of $29.95. FEMA
will also provide travel to the duty site, and provide housing.
Members selected to assist will be contacted directly by FEMA
(the actual contact process began yesterday). Please be patient as
we have no additional information at this time, and *if* you are
selected full details will be provided at that time.
Update 10 September 2005:
Thank you to everyone who has responded to the call for technical
support by completing an online application.
We have had an overwhelming response (almost 500
applications to date), and as we are not involved in the
actual selection process we are uncertain of what the total
need will be or when/if any particular person will be called
upon.
As additional details do become available we will post them
on the above web page as updates. If you are selected,
you will be contacted directly by FEMA or a Coast Guard
representative with the specifics of your particular
assignment.
Best Regards,
Jeff Mahl, Chief, Department of Information & Communications
Services
05 September 2005: FEMA is looking for people with the
ability to keep a communications suite up and operational.
This includes computers, a satellite link, and radios.
Training will be provided so specific knowledge is not
required. This is categorizing the need as someone with an
technical background that is easily trainable and can follow
directions over the phone to troubleshoot computer, LAN and radio
equipment.
If you meet the basic criteria, and are available as indicated
below, please complete and submit the following form.
We will get back to you with more details, if you are called upon.
Thank you for your support in this time of critical need,
Jeff Mahl, Chief, Department of Information & Communications
Services
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