WSJ News Exclusive | Volunteers in Coronavirus Response Ruffle Some at FEMA

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner helped enlist private-sector volunteers for the government’s coronavirus response, ruffling employees at FEMA

WASHINGTON—White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in March launched an effort under the government’s emergency powers to enlist private-sector volunteers in the coronavirus pandemic response.

As part of the project, eight junior analysts at New York-based Insight Partners, an investment fund, were assigned to work at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters to help source protective gear and test kits for medical workers from vendors.

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