| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | 26 Sep 2005 05:50:37 -0000 |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] FEMA Contracting |
Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise QuestionsBy ERIC LIPTON and RON NIXON New York Times September 26, 2005 WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 - Topping the federal government's list of costs related to Hurricane Katrina is the $568 million in contracts for debris removal landed by a Florida company with ties to Mississippi's Republican governor. Near the bottom is an $89.95 bill for a pair of brown steel-toe shoes bought by an Environmental Protection Agency worker in Baton Rouge, La. The first detailed tally of commitments from federal agencies since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast four weeks ago shows that more than 15 contracts exceed $100 million, including 5 of $500 million or more. Most of those were for clearing away the trees, homes and cars strewn across the region; purchasing trailers and mobile homes; or providing trucks, ships, buses and planes. More than 80 percent of the $1.5 billion in contracts signed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency alone were awarded without bidding or with limited competition, government records show, provoking concerns among auditors and government officials about the potential for favoritism or abuse. ... Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, complained that FEMA and other federal agencies were delivering too much of the work to giant corporations with political connections, instead of local companies or minority-owned businesses. ... For the entire article, see http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/national/nationalspecial/26spend.html?hp&ex=1127793600&en=7547fb3f8c9324be&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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