Friday Hope Blogging
The most recent incarnation is the joint Palestinian-Israeli cleanup of the Alexander which is paid back—with interest—at the end of the contract. water purification system has been developed in response to Hurricane Katrina:
Today's Unreported News
*Katrina Clean-Up Contracts Questioned A series of exemptions to competitive bidding and other procurement requirements adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Army Corps of Engineers has effectively turned the
Katrina Fraud Likely to Balloon Past $1B
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tally for Hurricane Katrina waste could top $2 billion next year because half of the lucrative government contracts valued at $500000 or greater for cleanup work are being awarded without little competition.
Katrina waste could top $2 billion
Do you think that FEMA was incompetent, unethical or both and why? the lucrative government contracts valued at $500000 or greater for cleanup work are Four of the largest Katrina contracts currently under review by the Homeland
New Orleans
Billions of dollars were given to help the communities damaged by Katrina. Ashbritt of Florida was awarded a contract over $500 million to clean up debris in Circle B Enterprises was awarded $287 million in contracts by FEMA to
Republicans STILL believe government spending must be wasteful, so
And they're certainly proving themselves right about how contractors that the government had hired for Katrina cleanup-- generally politically well-connected firms like Bechtel and Fluor-- used to getting fat on government contracts--
Local Volunteer Speaks on Katrina Cleanup Volunteers Came Through
Local Volunteer Speaks on Katrina Cleanup Volunteers Came Through When Government The Red Cross and FEMA weren’t there.” Brown said that even the major TV and that the entire contract for the trailers was given to a former
USA: Cheney’s Halliburton to profit from Katrina
Halliburton’s KBR to do Katrina cleanup And although it falls under a contract already in place, it’s nonetheless disturbing that “In March, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is tasked
Abuse Could Push Katrina Costs to $2 Billion
WASHINGTON - The tally for Hurricane Katrina waste could top $2 billion next lucrative government contracts valued at $500000 or greater for cleanup work Instead, FEMA rebid only a portion and then extended their contracts once,
Katrina Relief or "Goldmine"?
More information about the fraud experienced during the Hurricane Katrina “Clean-up” “The GAO cited incidents in which FEMA gave $17 million in housing Mr. Lawless, a state contract worker, announced to one man he helped apply

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On September 1, when FEMA officials thought they would have thousands of 04 Oct 2005 21:21:00 GMT Gulf Firms Losing Cleanup Contracts: Most Money Going
NPR : FEMA to Review No-Bid Storm Cleanup Contracts
FEMA to Review No-Bid Storm Cleanup Contracts Sep. 28, 2005. Ex-FEMA Chief Points to Others in Katrina Failures. Sep. 26, 2005
Contractor tiers swell Katrina costs - The Boston Globe
Federal agencies in charge of the Katrina cleanup have been criticized repeatedly most disaster-related contracts, FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers,
Gulf Firms Losing Cleanup Contracts
Companies outside the three states most affected by Hurricane Katrina have Gulf Firms Losing Cleanup Contracts Most Money Going Outside Storm's Path
Auditors: Katrina waste could top $2 billion - CNN.com
The tally for Hurricane Katrina waste could top $2 billion next year because Instead, FEMA rebid only a portion and then extended their contracts once,
halliburton hired for storm cleanup

FEMA to rebid contracts for Katrina relief, clean-up | Chron.com
FEMA to rebid contracts for Katrina relief, clean-up Re-examination of no-bid deals will help local workers get jobs, agency says. By MICHAEL HEDGES
CorpWatch : KATRINA: CH2M Hill Gets Another Clean-up Contract
KATRINA: CH2M Hill Gets Another Clean-up Contract Administrator Richard Boseman said the city will be reimbursed for some of the contract costs by FEMA.
The Disaster After the Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
After Hurricane Katrina came ashore, President Bush promised relief for Thompson was particularly critical of a $40 million no-bid FEMA contract to
Sell2USGov - Update: Response to Hurricane Katrina (28 October 2005)
CH2M Hill and Fluor, both of Colorado, held FEMA contracts before Hurricane Katrina struck. Updates on this information is published at cleanup+contract+fema+katrina: cleanup+contract+fema+katrina