Ex-FEMA official pleads guilty in conflict case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The former director of human resources at the Federal Emergency Management Agency pleaded guilty Tuesday to negotiating a job for himself at the Gallup Organization while he was supervising Gallup’s multimillion-dollar contract with FEMA.

Timothy W. Cannon, 63, faces up to five years in prison on the conflict-of-interest charge. However, federal sentencing guidelines call for a range of zero to six months in prison because Cannon has no previous criminal conviction and has accepted responsibility for his actions in the case. Sentencing is scheduled for April 9.