Joe Allbaugh | |
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| Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency | |
| In office February 15, 2001 – March 15, 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Magaw (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Michael D. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 27, 1952 Blackwell, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater (BA) |
Joe M. Allbaugh (born July 27, 1952) is an American political figure in the Republican Party. After spending most of his career in Oklahoma and Texas, Allbaugh came to national prominence working for Texas governor George W. Bush and helping manage his 2000 presidential election campaign. Allbaugh then became Bush's Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) beginning in February 2001. He served until FEMA's transfer into the newly created Department of Homeland Security, after which he resigned in March 2003.[1] He was appointed as the interim Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections by the state Board of Corrections, effective January 11, 2016.[2] On July 6, 2016, the Oklahoma Board of Corrections voted unanimously to make his appointment permanent and set his salary at $185,000.[3] Allbaugh has pointed out his department "is not a listing ship, it is a sinking ship."[4]
- ^ Joe Allbaugh Big Man on Campaign, Washington Post, Dan Balz. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
- ^ Joe Allbaugh named interim Director of Oklahoma Corrections Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, January 7, 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Vicent, Samantha (8 July 2016). "Oklahoma Board of Corrections makes interim DOC director's job permanent". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ Botkin, Ben (26 December 2017). "Oklahoma Watch: Weighing the odds of a federal takeover of state prisons". Tulsa World. Retrieved 30 June 2018.