Believing FEMA to be an “oversized entitlement program” and that the “business of government is not to provide services,” Bush’s first FEMA director instituted new outsourcing requirements as part of a major privatization effort. This provoked a brain drain as experienced FEMA personnel moved into the private sector
由于认定联邦紧急措施署属于“过度膨胀的福利项目”以及 “政府的职能不是提供服务”，布什任命的首位联邦紧急措施署署长制定了新的外包计划，开始了全面的私有化进程。这一举措导致了人才的大量流失，很多经验丰富的联邦紧急措施署雇员纷纷转入了私有部门。