The Secretary’s Award for Excellence 2017
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration Reinsurance Team receive the Secretary's Award for Excellence at the Department of Homeland Security Secretary's Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2017. The team was honored for their ingenuity and teamwork in creating and implementing an unprecedented program to purchase reinsurance for the National Flood Insurance Program, resulting in an additional $1 billion available to the Department for paying the survivors' claims and to aid in post-disaster recovery. Official DHS photo by Jetta Disco/Released.