Friday Hope Blogging
Speaking of Katrina, a jury has ordered State Farm to pay a $2.5 million or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and the insurers were accused of narrowly Check out the rest of his work, and if you've got a couple days' worth of time
It's the incompetence, Stupid!
Instead, FEMA rebid only a portion and then extended their contracts once, if not twice -- to $3.4 billion total -- so the firms could finish their remaining Katrina work. The four companies, which have denied that connections played a
E-mails, peace, moments, Iraq
CI. would prefer not to criticize Katrina vanden Heuvel in a negative manner would get a form of contract called a Production Sharing Agreement which is law passes and US companies sign contracts and then they have to get work.
Katrina spending target of audit
Quiett noted that FEMA has approved at least some invoices for all of the deals in Further, she noted that the reviews took place five months after Katrina, That contract, like the storm drain work for the city, was handled by
Katrina waste could top $2 billion
Do you think that FEMA was incompetent, unethical or both and why? several audits examining more than $12 billion in Katrina contracts (PDF). Value of contracts: $250 million, on top of previous no-bid work of up to $575 million
What is the Corps playing at?
You see, RES won't actually be doing the rewinding work on the frequency changers. According to their own summary of Katrina contracts, the Corps paid a total which has received numerous Corps and FEMA contracts since Katrina,
Today's Unreported News
The usual suspects, including Halliburton and the Shaw group, are getting the big contracts from FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers. Read more *Contaminated Contracting in Post-Katrina New Orleans And who will investigate this looting
Republicans STILL believe government spending must be wasteful, so
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 with little competition.
Buzzflash Interviews Palast on Katrina Aftermath
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.
Making a Killing on Perpetual War: Bush and the F-Word Forever
Halliburton has reportedly received a 600% gain on contracts (to roughly $6 Ongoing chaos and destruction would work in the administration’s favor over the How intriguing that the FBI and FEMA recently announced plans to move

Fraud, Katrina Contracts Could Waste $2B: Financial News - Yahoo
"As always, FEMA will work with Congress in all aspects to ensure that we are The joint venture received four Katrina contracts worth up to $100 million
Katrina fraud costs could top $2 billion - U.S. Life - MSNBC.com
The joint venture received four Katrina contracts worth up to $100 million each based on price and “knowledge of work with the federal government,”
Houston Minority Business Council
FEMA to rebid no-bid contracts for Katrina work. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced on Thursday that millions of dollars of no-bid contracts
FOXNews.com - Fraud, Waste From Hurricane Katrina Could Top $2
Hurricane Katrina Contracts to Face Tough Scrutiny by Fraud Investigators "As always, FEMA will work with Congress in all aspects to ensure that we are
FEMA: Katrina Survivors are Urged to Use Care When Hiring Contractors
Never sign an incomplete or blank contract. Make sure it clearly states in detail the work to be done and who is responsible for obtaining necessary permits
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: September 04, 2005
The company that FEMA has chosen to outsource the recovery work in We've just updated our TPM Hurricane Katrina Timeline, working mainly from a thick
USATODAY.com - Contracts for recovery work raise controversy
She referred questions about the most recent contract award to FEMA officials. Katrina award, the firm said it was also doing emergency contract work
windfalls of disaster information on reconstruction contracts
FEMA has not only been criticized for its slow response to Katrina, but is widely understood "No Bid Contracts Win Katrina Work," by Yochi J. Dreazen,
Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions | TPMCafe
While several federal agencies have approved contracts, FEMA and the Army AshBritt officials declined to comment on the Hurricane Katrina contracts.
Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions - New York Times
More than 80 percent of the $1.5 billion in contracts signed by FEMA were who said 60 members of his staff were examining Hurricane Katrina contracts. contract+fema+katrina+work: contract+fema+katrina+work