President Joe Biden will appoint FEMA Regional Administrator for Region 9 Bob Fenton as "Chief Federal Response Coordinator" for Maui to oversee the long-term coordinated federal recovery of fire-ravaged Hawaii.
Fenton is one of the nation's most experienced disaster response-and-recovery officials who has been on the ground in Hawaii from August 8, the day the wildfires started. In this role, Fenton will oversee the Federal government's long-term recovery work on the ground for Maui.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.