Today's Unreported News
Circle B Enterprises was awarded $287 million in contracts for housing by FEMA, despite not even being licensed to build homes in its own state of Georgia and filing for bankruptcy in 2003. The company does not even have a web site.
Obama gets it right on New Orleans
After Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), relying on emergency authority, issued four no-bid contracts related to temporary housing to Shaw Group, Inc., Bechtel Corporation, CH2M Hill Construction Inc. and
It's the incompetence, Stupid!
FEMA spokesman James McIntyre said the agency was working to fix its mistakes by awarding contracts for future disasters through competitive bidding. Paulison has said he welcomes additional oversight but cautioned against
Protest of Baker's FEMA Housing Inspection Services Contract Award
Accountability Office (GAO), challenging the award of Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Housing Inspection Services contract to Baker, has been dismissed by the GAO as a result of FEMA proposing to take corrective action
Never too much waste and mismanagement
The contracts drew immediate criticism because of the companies' extensive political and government ties, prompting a promise last year from Paulison to rebid them. Instead, FEMA rebid only a portion and then extended their contracts
New Orleans
US Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which has taken over the local Housing and are in better shape than most of the rest of the housing in New Orleans. Circle B Enterprises was awarded $287 million in contracts by FEMA to
Procter & Gamble Implements IHS’ Hosted Contract Management and
4, 2006]Like most news stories on the KBR contract, the Times focused on concerns about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ; * Federal Law Enforcement National Communications System (NCS) Department of Housing and Urban
Greg Palast: New Orleans -- One Year Later -- Nothing Much Has
Greg Palast: Understand -- I used to work for the Housing Authority of New Orleans. Greg Palast: Actually, I finally got the contract that said they were FEMA had withheld the documents we requested for a year and a half.
Katrina No-bid contracts
FEMA spokesman James McIntyre said the agency was working to fix its in which FEMA doled out tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent housing assistance. Instead, FEMA rebid only a portion and then extended their contracts once
Katrina Relief or "Goldmine"?
“The GAO cited incidents in which FEMA gave $17 million in housing assistance to individuals who had already obtained free housing in the form of Mr. Lawless, a state contract worker, announced to one man he helped apply for
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