FEMA granted $2.6 million for 'War on Misinformation" by Virginia company

The Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2023 earmarked $2.6 million to fund a "war on disinformation," federal records show, despite the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end its Disinformation Governance Board in 2022.

The money went to the Virginia consultancy firm and Bain Capital subsidiary Guidehouse, which has worked with multiple federal agencies in the past, per the Foundation for Freedom Online and was intended to analyze “misinformation and disinformation." 

A previous post on the company’s website, which has since been removed, said Guidehouse worked with social media platforms to report misinformation, including by flagging posts for removal. 

Only $1.2 million of the potential $2.6 million award has been spent so far, according to data from USAspending.gov. The transaction was made in Sept. 2023 but flagged by FFO this week.

The designation comes as FEMA faces heavy scrutiny over other allegedly politically biased actions, including its funding for housing illegal migrants in New York City, and an employee's order to workers in Florida not to help people with pro-Trump signs in their yards in the wake of Hurricane Milton.

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