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April 11, 2006

Louisiana Officials Say Katrina Recovery Wasteful 

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Multibillion-dollar hurricane recovery efforts on the U.S. Gulf Coast are plagued by bloated costs and waste with too many contractors getting a piece of the action, lawmakers said at a hearing on Monday. (4-10-06)

Louisiana legislators frustrated by the slow pace of recovery accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Army Corps of Engineers of spearheading a flawed rebuilding process with little transparency and contractor oversight.

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican and chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, held the field hearing as part of efforts to avoid the mistakes made after Hurricane Katrina in future crises.

Read on: Politics-Reuters.com
We didn't need a psychic for that one. It was pretty easy to predict. Most of the folks that I know saw that just days after the crisis. Pray tell: what have those officials been working on for the last 6 months?
I dunno...
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