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FEMA removes BRIC National Review Panel Solicitation; application review moves fully

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland SecurityProgram changeOct 6, 2026

Check: FEMA is dropping the external BRIC National Review Panel Solicitation from its information collection, because application review is now done entirely by internal FEMA staff.

Read in the Federal Register

What it does

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) is a FEMA mitigation program. Applicants will no longer submit this external review panel solicitation, which FEMA says reduces the regulatory burden on respondents. Tribal governments applying for BRIC should not plan for an external review step.

Why it matters for tribal funding

Tribes eligible. Tribes or Native organizations are among those who can apply or are covered, alongside others.

Who it covers: Tribal governments.

What to do next

  1. Remove the BRIC National Review Panel Solicitation from any BRIC application checklist your office uses, and confirm the change against current FEMA guidance.

Sources

Every signal is built from public records. The highlighted words appear in the source exactly as shown.

  • Federal Register: tribal termsNoticeOct 6, 2026

    Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs

    • Quoted from the source: “FEMA is removing the BRIC National Review Panel Solicitation from this information collection to streamline the application review process.”
    Read in the Federal RegisterU.S. government record, public domain.

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